Mohammad Al Khalid Al Sabah (, born 1955) is a Kuwaiti politician. He was deputy prime minister twice from 1996 to 2003 and in the period 2013–2017 and interior minister (2013–2016) of Kuwait. He was also the defense minister from 2016 to 2017.

Early life

Sabah was born in 1955. He is the brother of Sabah Al Khalid Al Sabah. His other brother

Ahmad Al Khalid Al Sabah Ahmad Al Khaled Al Sabah is a Kuwaiti politician and the former lieutenant general in the Kuwaiti Armed Forces. He served as deputy prime minister and minister of defense of Kuwait from 2012 to 2013. Early life Ahmad Al Sabah is the son of K ...

is the former deputy prime minister and defense minister.

Career and activities

Sabah was the director general of the General Department of Citizenship and Travel Documents. Then he served as the governor of Hawally from 1991 to 1996. He was appointed interior minister on 15 October 1996, replacing Ahmad Humoud Al Sabah in the post. Sabah retained his cabinet portfolio in the March 1998 and the February 2001 reshuffles. In 2001 he was also made deputy minister. In March 2003, an unknown Islamist group called for the assassination of Mohammad and other senior interior ministry officials, issuing a

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. His tenure lasted until 13 July 2003 when

Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (; 25 June 1937 – 16 December 2023) was Emir of Kuwait from 2020 until his death in 2023. He was minister of interior (1978–1988, 2003–2006), minister of defense (1988–1991) and deputy prime m ...

was appointed interior minister. After leaving office Mohammad was named advisor at the diwan of Amir. Then he served as the president of the national security bureau, internal intelligence body, until 2013. He was also special envoy of the Kuwaiti Amir during this period. Sabah was reappointed interior minister to the cabinet led by Jaber Mubarak Al Sabah on 4 August 2013. Mohammad was also made deputy prime minister. He replaced Ahmad Humoud Al Sabah as interior minister in December. On 10 December 2016, he was appointed deputy prime minister and minister of defense serving the post until 14 December 2017. In May 2015, Sabah traveled to

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to renew Kuwait's interest in the release of

Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari (born 3 June 1977) is a Kuwaiti citizen who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detainment camp in Cuba, from 2002 to 2016. He has never been charged with war crimes. The US D ...

, the last Kuwaiti held in Guantanamo.

Personal life

Sabah married twice and has ten children, a son and nine daughters.

References

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Mohammad Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monotheistic teachings of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Mose ...

Interior ministers of Kuwait