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Who Is Kuwait's New Crown Prince ?


Thu 08 Oct 2020 | 10:14 AM
NaDa Mustafa

Kuwaiti’s Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al-Sabah was sworn in before the National Assembly Thursday as a new crown prince.

Yesterday, the new Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmed Al Sabah nominated Sheikh Meshal as his crown prince.

Who Is Kuwait's New Crown Prince?

Sheikh Meshal, 80, has been deputy chief of the Kuwait National Guard since 2004, largely staying out of the political scene and away from disputes within the royal family.

He is considered the most powerful man in the elite corps in charge of defending the emirate’s territory.

He had been offered several senior positions in the past but declined them, according to a number of experts say.

“Sheikh Meshal is seen as part of the security apparatus,” said Cinzia Bianco, a research fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. He did not have good relations with Islamists and with the Muslim Brotherhood, Bianco said.

Sheikh Meshal, who attended Britain’s Hendon Police College, was credited with helping to reform Kuwait’s National Guard, and Kuwaiti journalist Faisal al-Qanae once described him as the “biggest enemy” of cronyism and lawbreaking.