Khaled Al Jarrah Al Sabah

Khaled Al Jarrah Al Sabah is a Kuwaiti lieutenant general, who retired from military services after being appointed as minister of Defence, to succeed Lt Gen (ret.) Sheikh Ahmed Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. He has been Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence from 4 August 2013 to 11 December 2017[1]. He is a member of the ruling family of Kuwait, Al Sabah.

Khaled Al Jarrah Al Sabah
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense
In office4 August 2013 – 11 December 2017
PredecessorAhmad Al Khalid Al Sabah
SuccessorNasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
MonarchSheikh Sabah Al Sabah
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior
In office11 December 2017 – 18 November 2019
PredecessorMohammad Al Khalid Al Sabah
SuccessorAnas Khalid Al Saleh
MonarchSheikh Sabah Al Sabah
HouseHouse of Sabah
ReligionIslam

Career

Sabah was appointed as the Chief of General Staff of the Kuwaiti Armed Forces on 4 March 2012.[2][3] He held the rank of lieutenant general and retired from the Kuwaiti Armed Forces.[2][4] He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense on 4 August 2013.[4][5] He replaced Ahmad Al Khalid Al Sabah in both posts.[6][7] In 2017 he was transferred to the interior ministry. In 2019 he was dismissed for a parliamentary no-confidence and publicly quarreling with the emir's son, the new defence minister (who was also dismissed), about the funds that the defence ministry administered during Khalied's tenure.[8]

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References
  1. https://www.thenational.ae/world/gcc/new-kuwait-cabinet-emir-names-eldest-son-as-defence-minister-1.683621
  2. "Lt. Gen. (ret.) Sheikh Khalid Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah". Kuwait Government. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  3. "Seven Al-Sabah family members in new Kuwait cabinet". Middle East Online. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  4. "4 August 2013 - Decree number 212 for year 2013 of the formation of the Cabinet". Kuwaiti Government. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  5. "Kuwait's new cabinet". Global Post. AFP. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  6. "11 December 2012 - Decree number 296 for year 2012 of the formation of the Cabinet". Kuwaiti Government. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  7. Omar Hasan (4 August 2013). "Kuwait forms cabinet with new oil, finance ministers". Fox News. Kuwait City. AFP. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  8. https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/kuwait/kuwait-defence-minister-shaikh-nasser-takes-aim-at-outgoing-premier-jaber-1.67890248
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