Kuwait:Kuwait’s Cabinet on Tuesday named Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as the country’s new emir, following the death of his half-brother Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah yesterday.

Deputy Prime Minister Anas Al-Saleh said in a statement told, “Pursuant to the provisions of the constitution… the Cabinet calls upon the crown prince, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, as the Emir of the State of Kuwait.”

Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah will be sworn in as Kuwait’s new emir on Wednesday during a special parliamentary session.
Al-Saleh, who is also the country’s interior and Cabinet affairs minister, said that the Cabinet wished for the success of the new Emir in his efforts to guarantee the security and growth of the Kuwait.

After a meeting in Kuwait, headed by Kuwaiti PM Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti Cabinet called the late Emir of Kuwait as a “virtuous father and leader of humanitarianism.”

PM Al-Saleh declared a 40-day period of mourning in the country, starting from Tuesday. All government offices will remain closed for three days and flags to fly half-mast over government buildings.

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