Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Arabic: سالم عبدالله الجابر الصباح, romanizedSālim ʿAbdullāh al-Jābir aṣ-Ṣabāḥ: born 24 September 1957) is a member of the Kuwaiti royal family who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2022 to 2023. He previously served as ambassador of Kuwait to the United States of America from June 2001 until May 2022.[1][2]

Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
سالم عبدالله الجابر الصباح
Official portrait, 2022
6th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
16 October 2022 – 17 January 2024
Prime MinisterAhmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Preceded byAhmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah
Succeeded byAbdullah Al-Yahya
Ambassador of Kuwait to the United States
In office
10 October 2001 – 23 June 2022
Prime MinisterSaad Al-Salim
Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah
Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
Preceded byMohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
Succeeded byAl-Zain Sabah Al-Naser Al-Sabah
Personal details
Born (1957-09-24) 24 September 1957 (age 67)
Kuwait City, Kuwait
SpouseSheikha Rima al-Sabah
EducationAmerican University of Beirut (BSc)(MSc)

Early life and education

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A member of the ruling House of Sabah, Salem was born on September 24, 1957.[3]

In 1981, he received a Bachelor of Arts in political studies from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. There, he met his future wife, Rima.[citation needed]

Career

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Ambassador Al-Sabah has also been the ambassador of Kuwait to Korea (1998), minister plenipotentiary (1998) and first secretary to the Permanent Mission of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations, New York (1997-1998).[citation needed]

From 1986 to 1991 he was the diplomatic attaché for the Office of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in Kuwait.[1]

Personal life

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He speaks Arabic, English and French. He is married to Lebanese-born former journalist Sheikha Rima al-Sabah, whom he met in 1983 when both were students in Beirut. They married in 1988 and have four sons.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ambassador Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's Biography | Embassy of the State of Kuwait in Washington". www.kuwaitembassy.us. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  2. ^ "In Recognition of Rima Al-Sabah's Social Activism in Washington". eng.majalla.com. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  3. ^ "Sheikh/ Dr.Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah - Ministry of Foreign Affair". 2022-04-20. Archived from the original on 2022-04-20. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  4. ^ "AllGov - Officials". www.allgov.com. Retrieved 2020-11-03.