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H.E. SHEIKH SALEM ABDULLAH AL-JABER AL-SABAH

H.E. SHEIKH SALEM ABDULLAH AL-JABER AL-SABAH

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Social Status: Married, with four children

Languages: English, Arabic and French

Date of birth: 1957/09/24

1991

M.A. Political Science from the AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT - LEBANON

1981

B.A. Political Science from the AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT - LEBANON

1991-1998

DIPLOMAT in the Permanent Mission of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations – N.Y Appointed and served as a diplomat in the Permanent Mission of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations.

1998-2001

AMBASSADOR of the State of Kuwait to the Republic of Korea – SEOUL. Appointed and served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Kuwait to the Republic of Korea. Awarded the Medal of Merit by President Kim Dae Jung in 2001 for significantly increasing the economic and commercial ties between the State of Kuwait and South Korea.

2001-2022

AMBASSADOR of the State of Kuwait to the United States of America - WASHINGTON, D.C. Appointed and served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Kuwait to the United States of America.

October 2022

Decree No. 191-2022 was issued on October 16, 2022 appointing His Excellency Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Government of the State of Kuwait.

2001

Awarded the Medal of Merit by President Kim Dae Jung in 2001 for significantly increasing the economic and commercial ties between the State of Kuwait and South Korea

2005-2022

Ambassador

1998-2005

Minister Plenipotentiary

1997-1998

First Secretary

1994-1997

Second Secretary

1991-1994

Third Secretary

1986-1991

Diplomatic Attache