Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah Explained

Succession:12th Emir of Kuwait
Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
صباح السالم الصباح
Birth Date:12 April 1913
Birth Place:Kuwait City, Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Death Place:Kuwait City, Kuwait
Reign:24 November 1965 – 31 December 1977
Predecessor:Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Successor:Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Father:Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah
Mother:Munira Muhammad Al-Dabbous
Issue:Salem Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
Ahmad
Nuria (wife of Emir Mishal)
Hussa Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
House:Sabah

Sheikh Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah (12 April 1913 – 31 December 1977) (Arabic: صباح السالم الصباح) was the Emir of Kuwait from 24 November 1965 until his death in 1977.

Biography

The youngest son of Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, Sabah served as the president of the Police Directorate from 1953 to 1959, President of the public health department from 1959 to 1961, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1962 to 1963, and Prime Minister of Kuwait from 1963 to 1965. He was appointed Crown Prince on 29 October 1962.[1]

Sabah succeeded his half-brother Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah upon his death in 1965. He suspended parliament in late August 1976 for four years, claiming it was acting against the nation.[2] He was the 12th ruler in the family dynasty.

Sabah Al-Salim died from cancer on 31 December 1977 at the age of 64.

Honours and awards

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Foreign

Notes and References

  1. Book: Robert L. Jarman . Sabah al-Salim Al-Sabah : Amir of Kuwait, 1965-77: a political biography . 2002 . London Centre of Arab Studies . 1-900404-21-4 . London . 52422197.
  2. Book: Jill Crystal. Oil and politics in the Gulf: rulers and merchants in Kuwait and Qatar. 1990. Cambridge University Press. 0-521-36639-9. Cambridge [England]. 19722357.
  3. http://badraie.com/guests.htm Host to the World