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'{{Short description|None}} {{Infobox official post | post = Prime Minister | body = the<br />State of Kuwait | insignia = Emblem of Kuwait.svg | insigniasize = 125px | insigniacaption = [[Emblem of Kuwait]] | image = | imagesize = 165px | incumbent = Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah | incumbentsince = 24 July 2022 | department = [[Government of Kuwait#Executive branch|Executive branch of the Government of Kuwait]]<br />[[Cabinet of Kuwait]] | residence = No official residence | seat = [[Kuwait City]], Kuwait | appointer = [[Emir of Kuwait]] | termlength = Four years | termlength_qualified = unlimited renewal | constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of Kuwait]] | formation = 17 January 1962 | first = [[Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah]] | website = [http://www.pm.gov.kw/ Diwan of His Highness the Prime Minister] }} The '''prime minister of Kuwait''' is the [[head of government]] of [[Kuwait]]. As the third most powerful official in the country, following the [[Emir of Kuwait]] and [[List of Speakers of Kuwait National Assembly|Speaker of the National Assembly]], the prime minister leads the [[executive branch]] of the [[Government of Kuwait]]. [[Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah]], the [[Emir of Kuwait]] during the period of Kuwait's independence, appointed himself the first Prime Minister of Kuwait on 17 January 1962, after the Constituent Assembly was elected to draft the [[Constitution of Kuwait|Constitution]]. Until 2003, the [[Crown Prince of Kuwait]] was usually appointed to the office of prime minister. ==List of officeholders (1962–present)== Source:<ref>{{cite web |title=History Of PM |url=https://www.pm.gov.kw/pm-history-en.aspx |publisher=The Government of Kuwait |access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! rowspan="2" | Portrait ! rowspan="2" | Name<br/>{{small|(Birth–Death)}} ! colspan="3" | Term of office |- !Took office !Left office !Time in office |- ! 1 | [[File:Shaikh Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah.jpg|80px]] | [[Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah]]<br/>{{lang|ar|عبدالله السالم الصباح}}<br/>{{small|(1895–1965)}} | 17 January 1962 | 26 January 1963 | {{Age in years and days|1962|1|17|1963|1|26}} |- ! 2 | | [[Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah]]<br/>{{lang|ar|صباح السالم الصباح}}<br/>{{small|(1913–1977)}} | 2 February 1963 | 27 November 1965 | {{Age in years and days|1963|2|2|1965|11|27}} |- ! 3 | [[File:Jaber-alsubah.jpg|80px]] | [[Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah]]<br/>{{lang|ar|جابر الأحمد الصباح}}<br/>{{small|(1926–2006)}} | 27 November 1965 | 8 February 1978 | {{Age in years and days|1965|11|27|1978|2|8}} |- ! 4 | [[File:Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah.jpg|80px]] | [[Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah]]<br/>{{lang|ar|سعد السالم الصباح}}<br/>{{small|(1930–2008)}}<br/>{{efn|In exile in [[Taif]], [[Saudi Arabia]] between 2 August 1990 and 15 March 1991, due to the [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraqi]] [[Invasion of Kuwait|invasion]] and [[Military occupation|occupation]], and the subsequent [[Gulf War]].}} | 8 February 1978 | 13 July 2003 | {{Age in years and days|1978|2|8|2003|7|13}} |- ! 5 | [[File:Sheikh Sabah IV (cropped).jpg|80px]] | [[Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]]<br/>{{lang|ar|صباح الأحمد الجابر الصباح}}<br/>{{small|(1929–2020)}} | 13 July 2003 | 30 January 2006 | {{Age in years and days|2003|7|13|2006|1|30}} |- ! 6 | [[File:Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah.jpg|80px]] | [[Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah]]<br/>{{lang|ar|ناصر الصباح}}<br/>{{small|(born 1940)}} | 7 February 2006 | 28 November 2011 | {{Age in years and days|2006|2|7|2011|11|28}} |- ! 7 | [[File:Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (cropped).jpg|80px]] | [[Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah]]<br/>{{lang|ar|جابر المبارك الحمد الصباح}}<br/>{{small|(born 1942)}} | 30 November 2011 | 19 November 2019 | {{Age in years and days|2011|11|30|2019|11|19}} |- ! 8 | [[File:Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah 2014 (cropped).jpg|80px]] | [[Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah]]<br/>{{lang|ar|صباح الخالد الصباح}}<br/>{{small|(born 1953)}} | 19 November 2019 | 5 April 2022<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-04-05 |title=Kuwait Premier Resigns to Preempt Parliament’s Move to Oust Him |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-05/kuwait-cabinet-resigns-as-parliament-moves-to-oust-premier |access-date=2022-07-25}}</ref> | {{Age in years and days|2019|11|19|2022|4|5}} |- !9 |[[File:Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah.jpg|border|center|frameless|108x108px]] |[[Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah]]<br/>{{lang|ar|أحمد النواف الصباح}}<br/>{{small|(born 1956)}} |24 July 2022 |24 July 2022 | {{Age in years and days|2022|7|24|2022|7|24}} |- !10 | |[[Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah]] <br/>{{Lang|ar|احمد النواف الاحمد الصباح}}<br/><small>(born 1956)</small> |24 July 2022 | Charged with forming a government |2 days |} ==See also== {{Politics of Kuwait}} *[[Kuwait National Guard]] *[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kuwait)]] *[[Ministry of Defense (Kuwait)]] *[[Ministry of Interior (Kuwait)]] *[[Politics of Kuwait]] ==Notes== {{notelist}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{Prime ministers of Kuwait}} {{Kuwait topics}} {{Prime Minister}} [[Category:Prime Ministers of Kuwait| ]] [[Category:Lists of political office-holders in Kuwait|Prime Ministers]] [[Category:Lists of prime ministers by country|Kuwait, List of Prime Ministers of]]'