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BREAKING: Ex Kuwaiti Defense Minister Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmed Dies


Sun 20 Dec 2020 | 02:19 PM
NaDa Mustafa

On Sunday, Al-Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmed, son of late Kuwaiti Emir, and Ex Defense Minister at the age of 72, after a long battle with illness, according to Al-Diwan Al-Amiri.

He died just 82 days after the death of his father Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

Who is Sheikh Nasser?

Sheikh Nasser is the eldest son of the former ruler or Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who died 29 September 2020, at the age of 91.

He was seen as the main driving force behind "Silk City", one of Kuwait's mega-projects with investments estimated at more than US$100 billion.

He established Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah, a Kuwaiti cultural foundation based around the Al-Sabah Antiques Group.

Sheikh Nasser Sabah is an honorary member of the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum, New York.