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Kuwaiti cabinets through history

KUWAIT: The newly-formed cabinet, named by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah Saturday, is the 34th in the history of Kuwait since 1962. The new cabinet is His Highness the Premier's seventh since he was named Prime Minister in December 2011.

According to Article 56 of the Kuwaiti Constitution: "The Amir shall appoint the Prime Minister after the traditional consultations and shall relieve him from his post. He shall also appoint the Ministers and relieve them from their posts on the recommendation of the Prime Minister." "The entire number of Ministers shall not exceed one third the number of the members of the National Assembly," Article 56 reads.

The first cabinet in the history of Kuwait was chaired by the late Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah in January of 1962. The second, third and fourth cabinets were chaired by the late Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah - the 12th ruler of Kuwait - from January 1963 to November 1965.

The 13th ruler of the country, the late Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, was in charge of the cabinet from December 1965 to December 1977. In his duration, he covered the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth governments.

The late His Highness the Father Amir Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah governed 11 governments - the longest ruling of a prime minister in the history of the country. Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah chaired the 10th to the 20th cabinets in a period that extended from 1978 to 2001.

In 2003, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah took charge of the 21st government. This followed by the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th cabinets that were under the presidency of His Highness Sheikh Nasser Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah - from 2006 to 2011.

Since December 2011, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak have been head of the government. He chaired the 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd and newly-named cabinet - the 34th. The smallest cabinet in the history of Kuwait was that of 2011. It comprised of only 10 ministers. While the largest cabinet in the history of the country was that of 1990, consisting of 22 ministers. - KUNA