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Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
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Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

1937 – 2023 · aged 86

Emir of Kuwait (1937–2023)

Born
25 Jun 1937 · Kuwait City
Died
16 Dec 2023 · Jaber al Ahmad hospital
Part ofKuwait633 CE – todaySunni Islam731 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 99 years
  1. 25 Jun 1937BornBorn in Kuwait City
  2. 1978 – 1986RoleMinister of Interior
  3. 1988 – 1991RoleMinister of Defense
  4. 2003 – 2006RoleMinister of Interior
  5. 2003RoleDeputy Prime Minister of Kuwait
  6. 2006 – 2020RoleCrown Prince
  7. 2008AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit
  8. 2011AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the Liberator General San Martin
  9. 2020 – 2023RoleEmir of Kuwait
  10. 16 Dec 2023DiedDied in Jaber al Ahmad hospital

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1937 – 2023).

  1. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  2. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  3. 1938Munich Agreement
  4. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  5. 1939 – 1945World War II
  6. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  7. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  8. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  9. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  10. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  11. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  12. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  13. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  15. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  16. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  18. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  19. 1956Suez Crisis
  20. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  21. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  22. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  23. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  24. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  26. 1968Prague Spring
  27. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  28. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  29. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  30. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  31. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  32. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  33. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  34. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  35. 1985Schengen Agreement
  36. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  37. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  38. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  39. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  40. 19941994 FIFA World Cup

Biography

Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Arabic: نَوَّاف الأَحمَد الْجَابِر الصَّباح, romanized: Nawwāf al-ʾAḥmad al-Jābir aṣ-Ṣabāḥ; 25 June 1937 – 16 December 2023) was Emir of Kuwait from 2020 until his death in 2023.

He was minister of interior (1978–1988, 2003–2006), minister of defense (1988–1991) and deputy prime minister (2020–2023). Nawaf was nominated as crown prince on 7 February 2006, during the reign of his half-brother Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. During his three-year rule as emir, he grappled with internal political disputes.

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