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Events in the year 2024 in Kuwait .

Incumbents [ edit ]

Photo	Post	Name
	Emir of Kuwait	Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
	Prime Minister of Kuwait	Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (until 15 April)
		Ahmad Abdullah al-Ahmad al-Sabah (since 15 April)

Holidays [ edit ]

Source : ^{[1] [2]}

• 1 January ? Monday ? New Year's Day
• 8 February ? Thursday ? The Prophet's Ascension
• 25 February ? Sunday ? National Day
• 26 February ? Monday ? Liberation Day
• 9 April ? Tuesday ? Last Day of Ramadan
• 10?12 April ? Eid al-Fitr
• 15 June ? Saturday ? Arafat Day
• 16?18 June ? Eid al-Adha
• 7 July ? Sunday ? Islamic New Year
• 15 September ? Sunday ? The Prophet's Birthday

Events [ edit ]

• 4 January ? Emir Mishal appoints Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah as Prime Minister of Kuwait . ^{[3] [4]}
• 17 January ? The 45th Cabinet of Kuwait is appointed and sworn in by Emir Mishal. ^{[5] [6]}
• 15 February ? Emir Mishal dissolves the National Assembly . ^[7]
• 4 April ? 2024 Kuwaiti general election . The opposition maintains its majority in the National Assembly. ^[8]
• 6 April ? Prime Minister Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah submits his cabinet's resignation to Emir Mishal according to Article 57 of the Constitution . ^[9]
• 7 April ? Emir Mishal accepts the government's resignation and instructs it to act as caretaker. ^[10]
• 15 April ? Emir Mishal appoints Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad as Prime Minister. ^[11]
• 22 April - The Municipal council announced the vacancy of the sixth and ninth constituencies (two members of the municipal council in the 13th legislative term). ^[12]
• 4 May ? The International Olympic Committee (IOC) bans Kuwait's Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah from all positions within the committee for 15 years over ethics breaches. He was previously banned by the IOC for three years in 2023 over his interference in the Olympic Council of Asia elections, and a criminal conviction in Switzerland related to forgery and the orchestration of a counterfeit arbitration process. ^[13]
• 10 May ? Emir Mishal dissolves the National Assembly again and suspends some articles of the Constitution. ^[14]
• 12 May ? Emir signed a decree to form the 46th Government . ^{[15] [16]}
• 15 May ?
  • Emir signed an Amiri decree to address the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as His Highness (The title of His Highness is reserved only for the Emir and Crown Prince). ^[17]
  • The newly formed gov't swore the constitutional oath before the Emir. ^[18]
• 18 May ?
  • Municipal Council By-Elections of the 13th Legislative Term for the sixth and ninth constituencies took place. ^{[19] [20]}
  • Waleed Al-Dagher and Fahad Al-Ajmi won seats of the sixth and ninth constituencies, respectively. ^[21]

Deaths [ edit ]

• 1 January ? Dr Naji Al-Zaid (aged 75), medical doctor and writer ^{[22] [23]}
• 6 March ? Mohammed Al-Sharekh (aged 81 or 82), entrepreneur and author

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Online calendar