Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Kuwait)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kuwait)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kuwait)

Government ministry in Kuwait

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Arabic: وزارة الخارجية, romanized: wizāra al-khārijiyya) is one of the governmental bodies of Kuwait and part of the cabinet. It was established in 1961.

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History and overview

In 1961, a Foreign Affairs Department Bureau was established in Kuwait to organize the foreign relations of the country which was soon relaunched as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, becoming the first ministerial body of the country.[1]

The first foreign minister of Kuwait was Sabah Al Salim Al Sabah.[2] He was followed by Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah.[1]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs delegates ambassadors and military attachés bureau in foreign diplomatic missions in countries such as the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, China, Italy and Korea.

List of ministers of foreign affairs and deputy prime ministers

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See also

References

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    "Independence and building the modern state". Al Diwan Al Amiri. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
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    Jacqueline S. Ismael (1982). Kuwait: Social Change in Historical Perspective. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. p. 173. ISBN 9780815622543.
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    "Sheikh Sabah Appointed FM". Arab Times. Kuwait City. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
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    "Biography of Ministers". Arab Times. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
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    "Profiles of new cabinet ministers in Kuwait". Kuwait News Agency. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
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    "Kuwait appoints new cabinet with Bader al Mulla as oil minister". Reuters. 16 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
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