KUWAIT Sheikh DIED Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah PASSED AWAY

Kuwait: Kuwait’s ruler Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah passes away, was ill for some days

Kuwait’s ruler Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmed Al Sabah has passed away. Government television gave this information on Saturday. Let us tell you that his health was deteriorating since November. He was also admitted to the hospital. Sheikh Nawaf was handed over the power of Kuwait in the year 2020. Earlier in the year 2021, he had visited America due to health related problems.

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Dies: Kuwait’s ruling Emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmed Al Sabah, 86, has passed away. Government television gave this information on Saturday.

Let us tell you that at the end of November, Sheikh Nawaf was admitted to the hospital due to an unknown illness. Earlier in the year 2021, he had visited America due to health related problems.

KUWAIT Sheikh DIED Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah PASSED AWAY

OATH

Took oath in 2020

Sheikh Nawaf was sworn in as emir following the death of his predecessor, the late Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah in 2020. Let us tell you that Sheikh Sabah was known for his diplomacy and peacemaking. Sheikh Nawaf previously served as the Minister of Interior and Defense of Kuwait. However, due to his increasing age, analysts believed that his tenure would be short.

NOW TAKE OVER

Who will now take over as the ruler of Kuwait?

Sheikh Meshaal Al Ahmed Al Jaber is now in line to take over as ruler of Kuwait. He is 83 years old and is considered the oldest crown prince in the world. Kuwait, home to approximately 4.2 million people, is home to the world’s sixth largest oil reserves. It has been a staunch US ally since driving out Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi forces in the 1991 Gulf War. Kuwait hosts approximately 13,500 US troops in the country as well as the forward headquarters of US forces in the Middle East.

KUWAIT Sheikh DIED Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah PASSED AWAY

CAUSE OF DEATH

Authorities gave no cause of death.

Kuwait’s deputy ruler and his half-brother, Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmad Al Jaber, now 83, had been the world’s oldest crown prince. The state-run KUNA news agency said Sheikh Meshal, a longtime leader in the country’s security services, had been named emir Saturday afternoon and now is one of the Gulf Arab countries’ last octogenarian leaders.

In late November, Sheikh Nawaf was rushed to a hospital for an unspecified illness. In the time since, Kuwait had been waiting for news about his health. State- run news previously reported that he traveled to the United States for unspecified medical checks in March 2021.

The health of Kuwait’s leaders remains a sensitive matter in the Middle Eastern nation bordering Iraq and Saudi Arabia,