Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah

His Highness Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
جابر مبارك الحمد الصباح
7th Prime Minister of Kuwait
In office 4 December 2011 – 19 November 2019
Monarch	Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Deputy	Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah
Preceded by	Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
Succeeded by	Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah
First Deputy Prime Minister of Kuwait
In office 9 February 2006 – 4 December 2011
Prime Minister	Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
Preceded by	Muhammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
Succeeded by	Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah
Minister of Defense
In office 14 February 2001 – 4 December 2011
Prime Minister	Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
Preceded by	Salem Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah[citation needed]
Succeeded by	Ahmad al-Hamoud al-Sabah
Personal details
Born	(1942-01-05) 5 January 1942 (age 82) Kuwait City, Kuwait[citation needed]
Political party	Independent

Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (Arabic: جابر مبارك الحمد الصباح, romanized: Jābir Mubārak al-Ḥamad aṣ-Ṣabāḥ, 5 January 1942)^[1][2][3] is a Kuwaiti royal and politician who served as the prime minister of Kuwait from 2011 to 2019. He previously served as minister of defense as well as deputy prime minister. In April 2021 a Kuwaiti court ordered his detention on corruption charges.

Jaber was first appointed prime minister on 4 December 2011. A year later, on 5 December 2012, he was reappointed prime minister following the parliamentary election held on 1 December 2012. He was re-appointed in the same position on 1 November 2017.^{[4][failed verification]}