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Kuwait announced that Crown Prince Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah was chosen as Emir of the country, succeeding the Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah His death was announced this afternoon, Saturday, at the age of 86.
The Kuwaiti Cabinet said in a statement that it “calls on Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah as Emir of the country.” According to the country’s constitution, the crown prince automatically becomes a prince, and he has up to a year to choose the new crown prince.
The Kuwaiti government mourned the late Emir of the country, declaring 40 days of mourning and closing official departments for 3 days.
For its part, the Amiri Diwan announced in a statement that “the burial ceremony of the late prince’s body will be limited to his relatives only, at the Bilal bin Rabah Mosque (in the Kuwaiti capital) tomorrow, Sunday.”
According to the statement, “The Emir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and the Al-Sabah family will receive condolences for the deceased at the Al-Sabah family office, at Bayan Palace, on Monday and Tuesday.”
The late prince was admitted to the hospital at the end of last November due to an emergency health problem.
Sheikh Nawaf was named Crown Prince in 2006 before succeeding his half-brother Sheikh in 2020. Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabahwho died in September of that year at the age of 91.
Sheikh Nawaf was born in 1937. He is the fifth son of Sheikh Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the late Emir, who led Kuwait from 1921 until his death in 1950.
