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Kuwait-related events during 2024
Events in the year
2024 in
Kuwait
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January
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February
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April
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- 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.
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- 15 April ? Emir Mishal appoints Sheikh
Ahmad Al Abdullah Al Sabah
as Prime Minister.
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- 22 April - A vacancy is declared in the municipal council covering two seats in the sixth and ninth constituencies respectively, prompting a by-election scheduled on 18 May.
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- 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.
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- 10 May ? Emir Mishal dissolves the National Assembly again and suspends some articles of the Constitution.
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- 12 May ? Emir Mishal signs a decree to form the
46th Cabinet of Kuwait
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- 15 May ?
- Emir Mishal signs a decree to address Prime Minister Sheikh
Ahmad Al Abdullah Al Sabah
as His Highness, previously reserved for the Emir and Crown Prince.
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- The 46th Cabinet of Kuwait swears the constitutional oath before Emir Mishal.
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- 18 May ? Municipal Council By-Elections for the sixth and ninth constituencies are held.
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Waleed Al-Dagher and Fahad Al-Ajmi win the respective seats.
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- 28 May ?
- Issam Salem Al-Roumi is appointed as the Head of the State Audit Bureau.
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- The Cabinet approves a draft decree forming the Central Agency for Public Tenders Board of Directors.
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June
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- 1 June ? Sheikh
Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah
is nominated as
Crown Prince
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- 12 June ?
2024 Mangaf building fire
: A fire at a residential building housing foreign workers in
Mangaf
kills 49 people and injures 43.
[26]
- 20 June ? Kuwait announce temporary power cuts in some parts of the country during peak consumption hours saying it is struggling to meet increased demand spurred by extreme summer heat.
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Deaths
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- 1 January ? Dr Naji Al-Zaid (aged 75), medical doctor and writer
[28]
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- 6 March ?
Mohammed Al-Sharekh
(aged 81 or 82), entrepreneur and author
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Kuwait
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