Sheikh
Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
الشيخ طلال خالد الأحمد الصباح
Official portrait, 2022
First Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Interior
In office
5 October 2022 – 25 December 2023
MonarchsNawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Preceded byAhmad Al-Nawaf
Minister of Defense
In office
9 March 2022 – 5 October 2022
MonarchNawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Preceded byHamad Jaber Al-Ali
Succeeded byAbdullah Ali Al-Salem
Personal details
Born1966 (age 57–58)
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Political partyIndependent

Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (Arabic: الشيخ طلال خالد الأحمد الصباح, born 1966) is a Kuwaiti politician who is currently the first deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior since 2022. He formerly served as Minister of Defense and governor of the Capital.

Early life

Al-Sabah was born on 1966 in Kuwait. His father, Khaled Al-Ahmad, was the minister of the Amiri Diwan from its inception until 1990. He got his bachelor's degree in business management in the United Kingdom. He worked in multiple oil companies starting in 1983. He was the director of public relations in the Kuwait Oil Company from 1990 until 2001. In November 2001, he moved to work in the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation.[1]

Career

On 8 September 2004, Al-Sabah was appointed as a board member in the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and served there for three years until 25 September 2007. He later moved to the Kuwait Oil Tanker Company, to become the chairman of the board of directors of the company on 21 May 2013. He was later appointed as CEO of the Oil Tankers Company on 28 July 2013, serving until 3 February 2019. On 24 March 2019, he was appointed as governor of the Capital Governorate.[2] he served in the post until he was appointed as minister in the government.

Governmental career

Al-Sabah started serving in the government in 2022 holding the positions of minister of interior and minister of defense in multiple governments.

Minister of Defense

On 9 March 2022, Al-Sabah was appointed as minister of defense after the resignation of Hamad Jaber Al-Ali.[3] On 1 August, he was reappointed in the 40th Cabinet as deputy prime minister, minister of defense and acting minister of interior succeeding Ahmad Al-Nawaf.[4]

First Deputy and Minister of Interior

On October 5, Talal Al-Khaled was appointed first deputy prime minister and minister of interior.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "السير الذاتية لأعضاء الحكومة الجديدة - أخبار صحيفة الراي". Alraimedia.com. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "صدور مرسوم تعيين و تجديد تعيين المحافظين". www.alanba.com.kw.
  3. ↑ "مرسوم أميري بتعيين أحمد النواف وزيراً للداخلية وطلال الخالد وزيراً للدفاع". جريدة القبس.
  4. ↑ "Kuwait PM forms new Cabinet with old faces". 1 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Kuwait Crown Prince approves new cabinet lineup - diwan - 05/10/2022". KUNA. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
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