VOL. XLIV
No. 08
19-February-2001
KUWAIT
Formation Of New Kuwaiti Government Exposes Rifts Within Ruling Family
Kuwaits Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Shaikh Sa'd 'Abd Allah al-Salim al-Sabah, on 14 February formed a new government the 20th since independence in 1961 10 days after being asked by the Amir, Shaikh Jabir al-Ahmad al-Sabah, to do so (MEES, 12 February). The consultation process was long and difficult, exposing publicly for the first time the rivalry between the dominant branches...
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