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The judiciary in Kuwait is not independent of the government, the Emir appoints all the judges and many judges are foreign nationals from Egypt.In each administrative district of Kuwait, there is a Summary Court (also called Courts of First Instance which are composed of one or more divisions, like a Traffic Court or an Administrative Court); then there is Court of Appeals; Cassation Court ...
Politics of Kuwait. Kuwait is an emirate with an autocratic political system. [1] The Emir of Kuwait, a hereditary monarch from the Al Sabah ruling family appoints the prime minister (who is always a royal) and other members of government, as well as members of judicial, police and financial institutions. Kuwait is a wealthy rentier state.
The Constitution of Kuwait ( Arabic: الدستور الكويتي, romanized : ad-distūr al-Kuwayti, Gulf Arabic pronunciation: [ɪddɪstuːr ɪlkweːti]) was created by the Constitutional Assembly in 1961–1962 and signed into law on 11 November 1962 by the Emir, the Commander of the Military of Kuwait Sheikh Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah .
DUBAI (Reuters) -Kuwait on Wednesday formed a government headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah, the state news agency said, the country's first cabinet after the death ...
The location of Kuwait. An enlargeable map of the State of Kuwait. Kuwait is a sovereign emirate located on the coast of the Persian Gulf in Southwest Asia and the Middle East. [1] Kuwait is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south and Iraq to the north and west. The name of Kuwait is a diminutive of an Arabic word meaning "fortress built near ...
The Iraqi government described it as a form of economic warfare, [186] which it claimed was aggravated by Kuwait slant-drilling across the border into Iraq's Rumaila oil field. [187] At the same time, Saddam looked for closer ties with those Arab states that had supported Iraq in the war.
May 12, 2024 at 2:58 PM. (Reuters) -Kuwait formed a new cabinet headed by Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Sabah, according to a royal decree issued Sunday. Emad al al-Atiqi, Anwar Ali al-Mudhaf and ...
Kuwait's official state religion is Islam, specifically the Maliki school of Sunni Islam. Kuwait is a high-income economy, backed by the world's sixth largest oil reserves. Kuwaiti popular culture, in the form of theatre, radio, music, and television soap opera, is exported to neighboring Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states. [24]