Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah

Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Emir of Kuwait
Reign	31 December 1977 – 4 August 1990 (1st time) 28 February 1991 – 15 January 2006 (2nd time)
Predecessor	Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Successor	Saddam Hussein As President of the Republic of Kuwait Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Prime Ministers	See list Himself (1977–1978) ; Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah (1978–1990) 1st time (1991–2003) 2nd time ; Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (2003–2006);
Prime Minister of Kuwait
Reign	30 November 1965 – 8 February 1978
Predecessor	Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Successor	Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Emir	See list Sabah III; Himself;
Born	29 June 1926; Kuwait City, Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Died	15 January 2006 (aged 79); Kuwait City, Kuwait
Burial	Sulaibikhat cemetery, Kuwait
House	Sabah
Father	Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Mother	Bibi Salem Mubarak Al-Sabah
Religion	Sunni Islam

Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (29 June 1926 – 15 January 2006)^[1]^[2] (Arabic: الشيخ جابر الأحمد الجابر الصباح, romanized: ash-Shaykh Jābir al-ʾAḥmad al-Jābir aṣ-Ṣabāḥ) or Jaber III was Emir of Kuwait from 31 December 1977 until his death in 2006.

The third monarch to rule Kuwait since its independence from Britain, Jaber had previously served as minister of finance and economy from 1962 to 1965 when he was appointed prime minister prior to becoming Kuwait's ruler.^[3] He was the 13th ruler in the family dynasty.^[4]

^ Laura Etheredge (Ed.). "Persian Gulf States: Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates". New York, NY: Britannica Educational Publishing, 2011. Print. p. 53
^ Cite error: The named reference tel06 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Obituary: Sheikh Jaber, Emir of Kuwait". BBC. 15 January 2006. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
^ Whitaker, Brian (16 January 2006). "The Emir of Kuwait". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 October 2021.

[1] Laura Etheredge (Ed.). "Persian Gulf States: Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates". New York, NY: Britannica Educational Publishing, 2011. Print. p. 53

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[3] "Obituary: Sheikh Jaber, Emir of Kuwait". BBC. 15 January 2006. Retrieved 10 September 2014.

[:1-4] Whitaker, Brian (16 January 2006). "The Emir of Kuwait". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 October 2021.

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