Abdulwahab Al-Rushaid
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Abdulwahab Al-Rushaid (
Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
: عبدالوهاب الرشيد) (born Abdulwahab Moh'd Al-Rushaid, October 29, 1984) is a
Kuwait Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in West Asia and the geopolitical region known as the Middle East. It is situated in the northern edge of the Arabian Peninsula at the head of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to Iraq–Kuwait ...
i economist and politician. He is an elected board member of Kuwait Economic Society and the vice-chairman of the board. He has been
Minister of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfolio ...
and Minister of State for Economics Affairs and Investments from 28 of December 2021 to April 2023. As finance minister, he headed the
Kuwait Investment Authority The Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) is the State owned sovereign wealth fund of the State of Kuwait, managing the state's reserve and the state's future generation fund, also known as "Ajyal Fund". Founded in 1953, the KIA is the world's old ...
, which manages the country’s $700 billion sovereign wealth fund, designed to reduce dependence on oil-related investments. In October 2022, he was appointed for a second term as Minister of Finance and Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Investments.


Kuwaiti general election 2016

Al-Rushaid was a candidate in the Kuwaiti General Election 2016 and ranked at the 22nd place in the third constituency by 1,345 votes.


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