Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
| Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah جابر المبارك الحمد الصباح |
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| Prime Minister of Kuwait | |
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Assumed office 4 December 2011 |
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| Monarch | Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah |
| Deputy | Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah |
| Preceded by | Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Kuwait | |
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In office 11 July 2007 – 4 December 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah |
| Succeeded by | Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah |
| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 7 February 2006 – 4 December 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah |
| Preceded by | Mahbob Al-Sabah |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad al-Hamoud al-Sabah |
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5 January 1942 Kuwait City, Kuwait |
| Political party | Independent |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
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| Reference style | His Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Highness |
| Alternative style | Sheikh |
Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (Arabic: جابر مبارك الحمد الصباح, born in 1942) is a Kuwaiti politician and the Prime Minister of Kuwait since 2011. Previously he served as Minister of Defense as well as Deputy Prime Minister.
Sabah was first appointed as Prime Minister on 4 December 2011. A year later, on 5 December 2012, he was reappointed as Prime Minister following the parliamentary election held on 1 December 2012.
Sheikh Jaber began his career an advisor at the administrative affairs department in the Amiri Diwan in 1968 and served there until 1971. Then, he served as director of the administrative affairs department in the Diwan until 1975. He went on to become assistant undersecretary of administrative and financial affairs at the Diwan until 1979.
In that year, he became a governor, serving from 1979 to 1985 at Hawally and from 1985 to 1986 at Ahmedy. He was Minister of Social and Labor Affairs from 1986 to 1988 and Minister of Information from 1988 to 1990.
After the liberation of Kuwait in 1991, Sheikh Jaber became advisor to the office of the Emir, a position he held until 2001. On 14 February 2001 that he was named Deputy Prime Ministers of Kuwait and Defense Minister.
In 2004, Sheikh Jaber became Chairman of the Supreme Council of Environment. In 2006, he was appointed as First Deputy Prime Minister, as well as Ministers of Interior and Minister of Defense. The following year, he was named First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense. In 2010, Sheikh Jaber became Chairman of the Supreme Council for the Disabled.
Sabah was appointed as Prime Minister on 4 December 2011. A year later, on 5 December 2012, he was reappointed as Prime Minister following the parliamentary election held on 1 December 2012.
In January 2014 it was announced that he had reshuffled his five-month-old cabinet, replacing seven members, including the oil and finance ministers, and raising the number of Islamists to four. The reshuffle came two weeks after all the ministers submitted their resignations to Sabah after several cabinet members, including the prime minister himself, were questioned by MPs. Emir Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah accepted the resignation of seven of the 15 ministers and decreed the appointment of new ministers. The modified cabinet included a new oil minister, Ali Al Omair, a lawmaker who was a senior member of the Islamist Salaf Alliance. He replaced Mustafa Al Shamali.
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