Kuwait ruler accepts resignations of Defence, Interior Ministers

Former Kuwait’s deputy prime minister and defence minister Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali-Al-Sabah (L) in Kuwait City on 16 February 2022 [YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty Images]

Kuwait’s Emir issued a decree on Thursday accepting the resignations of the country’s Defence and Interior Ministers.

Defence Minister, Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali and Interior Minister, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Mansour had tendered their resignations on Wednesday, following a dispute with lawmakers.

In a statement, government spokesman Tareq Al-Mirzem said an Emiri decree was issued accepting the resignations.

The decree appointed Foreign Minister, Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, as caretaker Defence Minister and Oil Minister, Mohammad Al-Fares, as caretaker Interior Minister.

On Wednesday, Kuwaiti daily, Al Qabas, quoted Al-Ali as saying that he stepped down because he “can no longer work in this atmosphere.”

The current government was appointed in December in an attempt to resolve a long-running standoff with the elected parliament.

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