The Ministry of Foreign Affairs () is one of the governmental bodies of Kuwait and part of the cabinet. It was established in 1961.
History and overview In 1961, a Foreign Affairs Department Bureau was established in Kuwait to organize the foreign relations of the country which was soon relaunched as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, becoming the first ministerial body of the country.
The first foreign minister of Kuwait was Sabah Al Salim Al Sabah. He was followed by Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs delegates the bureau of ambassadors and military attachés in foreign diplomatic missions in countries like China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States and so on. In other words, Kuwait maintains a very strong diplomatic relationship with China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States and many more countries around the world.
List of ministers of foreign affairs and deputy prime ministers Name Portrait Title Term of office Note 1 Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah Minister of Foreign Affairs 1962–1963 12 Ruler and 2nd Emir of Kuwait (1965–1977) 2 Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs 1963–2003 15 Ruler and 5th Emir of Kuwait (2006–2020) 3 Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs 2003–2011 Ambassador of Kuwait to the United States (1993–2001) 4 Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs 2011–2019 Kuwait's permanent member mission to the United Nations (1983–1989)Kuwait's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1995–1998)Kuwait's 9th Prime Minister (2019–2022) 5 Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah Minister of Foreign Affairs 2019–2022 Kuwait's extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador in 2005Kuwait's Assistant Foreign Minister for First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister's Office Affairs in 2016Kuwait's Assistant Foreign Minister for the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister's Office Affairs in 20176Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Minister of Foreign Affairs2022–2024Ambassador of Kuwait to the United States (2001–2022)7Abdullah Ali Al-YahyaMinister of Foreign Affairs2024–2026Ambassador of Kuwait to Argentina (2018–2019)8Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-SabahMinister of Foreign Affairs2026–present
See also Foreign relations of Kuwait
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