Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Arabic: الشيخ صباح الأحمد الجابر الصباح, romanized: ash-Shaykh Sabāh al-ʾAḥmad al-Jābir aṣ-Ṣabāḥ; 16 June 1929 – 29 September 2020) was the Emir of Kuwait from 24 January 2006 until his death in 2020.

Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Emir of Kuwait
Reign24 January 2006 –
29 September 2020
PredecessorSaad Al-Salim
SuccessorNawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber
5th Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait
In office13 July 2003 – 30 January 2006
PredecessorSaad Al-Salim
SuccessorNasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah
Emir
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Born(1929-06-16)16 June 1929
Jahra, Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Died29 September 2020(2020-09-29) (aged 91)
Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.
Burial30 September 2020
Sulaibikhat Cemetery
SpouseSheikha Fatuwah Salman Al-Sabah (died 1990)
IssueSheikh Nasser
Sheikh Hamad
Sheikh Ahmed
Sheikha Salwa
HouseSabah
FatherAhmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
MotherMunira Othman Hamad Al-Ayyar Al-Saeed
ReligionSunni Islam

He was the fourth son of Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

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