Emir of Kuwait

Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (born 1929) as the fourth son of the late Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the former Emir of Kuwait. He received his primary education at Al Mubarakya School during the 1930s and then completed his education under tutors. He is the brother of the previous Emir, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who appointed him Prime Minister in July 2003, replacing then Crown Prince Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah. He had previously been Foreign Minister for 25 years, from 1978 to 2003, making him one of the longest-serving foreign ministers in the world.

He has however held a number of other positions, these include:

* Member of the Central Committee Municipality Council from 1954 to 1955.

* Member of the Building and Construction council.

* Chairman of the Social Affairs and Labour Authority, in 1955

* Member of the Higher Council of Country Affairs in 1956.

* Chairman of the Printing and Publishing Authority from 9/9/1956 to 17/1/1962

* Minister of Information - in the first cabinet that took power after independence in the period of the late Sheikh Abdullah Salim Al-Sabah, on January 17, 1962.

* Foreign Minister since 28 January 1963

* Deputy Prime Minister on February 16, 1978 in addition to his post of Foreign Minister.

* First Deputy Prime minister and Foreign Minister on October 18, 1992.

* Member of the Supreme Council of Planning in 1996, headed by His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah,

* Chairman of the Cabinet's Joint Ministerial Committee on Priorities of Governmental Work.

* Prime Minister since 13 July 2003.

* Emir of Kuwait 24 January 2006.