VOL. XLVI

No 29

21-July-2003

KUWAIT

Shaikh Sabah al-Ahmad Forms New Kuwaiti Cabinet

Kuwaiti Amir Shaikh Jabir al-Ahmad al-Sabah on 14 July issued a decree forming Kuwaits 21st cabinet since independence in 1961. For the first time the posts of Crown Prince and Prime Minister have been separated. While Shaikh Sa'd 'Abd Allah al-Salim al-Sabah, 72, retains the post of Crown Prince, the position of Prime Minister has gone to Shaikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah, who was First Deputy Prime...