The Embassy of the State of Kuwait

His Excellency Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs

Name

Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah

Born

March 3rd, 1953

Children

Sheikha Al-Jawhara & Sheikh Khalid

Educational Details:

1977 B.A. Political Science – Kuwait University

Languages:

Arabic – English

Professional Experience:

• Oct. 2011 – (incumbent) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Apr. 2009 – May 2009 Appointed Minister of Information, Acting Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affair
• Oct. 2007 – Apr. 2009 Appointed Minister of Information
• July 2006 – Oct. 2007 Appointed Minister of Social Affairs and Labor
• 1998 - 2006 Appointed Chief of the National Security Apparatus
• 1995 - 1998 Appointed Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• 1992 - 1995 Appointed as Director of the Undersecretary’s Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 1989 - 1992 Appointed as Deputy Director of the Arab World Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 1983 - 1989 Posted to the Permanent Mission of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations (New York)
• 1978 - 1983 Worked at the Arab Affairs Desk in the Political Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 1978 Appointed as a Diplomatic Attaché in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Conference Experience: Represented the State of Kuwait in various international conferences.

Memberships:

• - Chairperson of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED)
• - Member of the National Security Council – Kuwait
• - Member of the Supreme Council of Petroleum - Kuwait
• - Member of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development – Kuwait
• - Member of the Supreme Council of the Environment Public Authority – Kuwait