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The ruling emir of oil-rich Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, died on Saturday aged 86, the royal court said, after three years in power marked by repeated political disputes. "With great sadness and sorrow, we mourn. the death of Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait," said…
Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, the emir of Kuwait, served for just three years but spent decades in top positions during the House of Sabah s tumultuous rule of the oil-rich state. Born in 1937, he served as defence minister before Iraq invaded in 1990 and as interior minister when Kuwaiti security forces battled Islamist militants in 2005. Sheikh Nawaf s low-key style never saw him fall out of favour.
Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah was Kuwait's mild-mannered emir for just three years but spent decades in senior posts through the House of Sabah's tumultuous rule of the oil-rich state.- Politics and war -
Born in 1937, Sheikh Nawaf was the fifth son of Sheikh Ahmad al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who ruled the Gulf kingdom from 1921 to 1950.