Kuwait’s Emir dies at 86, Crown Prince proclaimed new Emir
The broadcaster broke into programming with Quranic verses before an official announcement was made
Late Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah
Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah has died at the age of 86, Kuwait’s state-run television reported.
The broadcaster broke into programming with Quranic verses before an official announcement was made, a move that often signifies the death of a member of the Gulf Arab state’s royal family.
On November 29, Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah al-Sabah, the minister of state for cabinet affairs, said that the monarch had been hospitalized.
Emir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber
Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has been proclaimed the new Emir of Kuwait, succeeding Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah who passed away on Saturday, Issa al-Kandari, deputy prime minister and minister of state for cabinet affairs, said in a statement on Kuwaiti television.
