Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Arabic: سالم عبدالله الجابر الصباح, romanized: Sālim ʿAbdullāh al-Jābir aṣ-Ṣabāḥ: born 24 September 1957) is a member of the Kuwaiti royal family who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2022 to 2023. He previously served as ambassador of Kuwait to the United States of America from June 2001 until May 2022.[1][2]
Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | |
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سالم عبدالله الجابر الصباح | |
 Official portrait, 2022 | |
| 6th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 16 October 2022 – 17 January 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah |
| Succeeded by | Abdullah Al-Yahya |
| Ambassador of Kuwait to the United States | |
| In office 10 October 2001 – 23 June 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Saad Al-Salim Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah |
| Succeeded by | Al-Zain Sabah Al-Naser Al-Sabah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 September 1957 Kuwait City, Kuwait |
| Spouse | Sheikha Rima al-Sabah |
| Education | American University of Beirut (BSc)(MSc) |
Early life and education edit
A member of the ruling House of Sabah, Salem was born on September 24, 1957.[3]
In 1981, he received a Bachelor of Arts in political studies from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. There, he met his future wife, Rima.[citation needed]
Career edit
Ambassador Al-Sabah has also been the ambassador of Kuwait to Korea (1998), minister plenipotentiary (1998) and first secretary to the Permanent Mission of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations, New York (1997-1998).[citation needed]
From 1986 to 1991 he was the diplomatic attaché for the Office of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in Kuwait.[1]
Personal life edit
He speaks Arabic, English and French. He is married to Lebanese-born former journalist Sheikha Rima al-Sabah, whom he met in 1983 when both were students in Beirut. They married in 1988 and have four sons.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b "Ambassador Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's Biography | Embassy of the State of Kuwait in Washington". www.kuwaitembassy.us. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ^ "In Recognition of Rima Al-Sabah's Social Activism in Washington". eng.majalla.com. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- ^ "Sheikh/ Dr.Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah - Ministry of Foreign Affair". web.archive.org. 2022-04-20. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ "AllGov - Officials". www.allgov.com. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
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