List of speakers of Kuwait National Assembly information
Speaker of the National Assembly
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Incumbent Ahmed Al-Sadoun since 20 June, 2023
Kuwaiti National Assembly Speaker's Office
Nominator
Majority of the 65 voting members of the National Assembly
Appointer
The National Assembly
Term length
None
Formation
1962
First holder
Abdullatif Al-Ghanim
Politics of Kuwait
Member State of the Arab League
Constitution
Monarchy
Emir
Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Crown Prince
Vacant
House of Sabah
Government
Prime Minister
Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Cabinet
No-Confidence Votes
Legislature
National Assembly
Speaker
Ahmed Al-Sadoun
Political Parties
Judiciary
Legal system of Kuwait
Elections
Constituencies
(One
Two
Three
Four
Five)
1961
1963
1967
1971
1975
1981
1985
1990
1992
1996
1999
2003
2006
2008
2009
2012 (Feb)
2012 (Dec)
2013
2016
2020
2022
2023
2024
Administration
Governorates
Areas
Foreign relations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister: Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Diplomatic missions of / in Kuwait
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Speaker of the National Assembly of Kuwait is the presiding officer of the National Assembly of Kuwait. The current speaker is Ahmed Al-Sadoun serving since 20 June 2023.
Legislative session
Election date
Name
Took office
Left office
Notes
Emir
Prime Minister
Constitutional Convention
30 Dec 1961
Abdullatif Thunayyan Al-Ghanim
1962
1963
Chairman of the constituent assembly[1]
Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
1
23 Jan 1963
Abdulaziz Al-Hamad Al-Saqr
1963
1965
Resigned[1]
Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
1
-
Saud Al-Abdulrazzaq
1965
1967
[1][2]
Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
2
25 Jan 1967
Ahmed Zaid Al-Serhan
1967
1970
[1]
Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
3
23 Jan 1971
Khalid Al-Ghunaim
1971
1975
[1]
Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
4
27 Jan 1975
Khalid Al-Ghunaim
1975
1976
Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
The National Assembly was dissolved from 1976–1981.
Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
5
23 Feb 1981
Mohammad Yousef Al-Adasani
1981
1985
[1]
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah
6
21 Feb 1985
Ahmed Al-Sadoun
9 Mar 1985
3 July 1986
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah
The National Assembly was dissolved from 1986–1992.[a]
Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah Mohammed Al-Sabah Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah
17[d]
29 Sep 2022
Ahmed Al-Sadoun
18 Oct 2022
19 Mar 2023
Annulled by Constitutional Court
Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah
17
6 June 2023
Ahmed Al-Sadoun
20 June 2023
present
Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah
^ abcdefghi(in Arabic)Former Presidents of the National Assembly
^Publications, Publitec (22 December 2011). Who's Who in the Arab World 2007–2008. ISBN 9783110930047.
^Ibrahim, Youssef (14 October 1990). "A Kuwaiti Prince Sees Wider Rights". The New York Times.
^"Kuwait formally dissolves parliament, delays budget approval until after elections". Reuters. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
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