Kathmandu, 16 December: Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah, 86, died today, according to the royal court, just over three years after assuming power.
The emir was admitted to the hospital late last month due to what the state news agency described at the time as an emergency health problem, but said that he was in stable condition.
Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah, 83, who has been Kuwait’s de facto ruler since 2021, is named as Sheikh Nawaf’s successor.
Sheikh Nawaf became emir in September 2020 following the death of his brother, Sheikh Sabah, who had ruled for more than a decade and shaped the state’s foreign policy for over 50 years.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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