VOL. XLI

No. 02

12-January-1998

KUWAIT

Kuwaiti Premier Rejects Finance Minister's Resignation

On 6 January the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Kuwait,Shaikh Sad al-Abd Allah al-Sabah, told a local newspaper al-Rai al-Am that he hadrejected the resignation of Finance Minister Nasir al-Raudhan. The Prime Minister saidthat Mr. Raudhan "has suffered a lot in the public interest" and "has moreto give" in his current position. The Finance Minister had tendered his resignationin November 1997 in...