Under Kuwait’s constitution, each new crown prince must be approved by a majority in the country’s National Assembly.
Traditionally, the succession of the Emir and Crown Prince positions are limited to the descendants of Mubarak al-Sabah.
Sheikh Nawaf, 83, was previously the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Interior. After the 1990 invasion of Iraq, he became the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, a role he held until 1992. Between 1994 and 2003, Sheikh Nawaf was the deputy chief of the National Guard.
Earlier in July, the late Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah authorized Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf to temporarily take over some responsibilities as Deputy Emir.
alarabiya
