Kuwait announces cabinet reshuffle

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait issued on Sunday an Emiri decree reshuffling the cabinet. The decree stipulates the re-appointment of Abdulrahman Badah Al-Mutairi as Minister of Information and Culture and Minister of State for Youth Affairs, Dr. Nora Khaled Al-Mashaan as Minister of Public Works, Omar Saud Abdulaziz Al-Omar as Minister of State for Communications Affairs, Mahmoud Abdulaziz Mahmoud Bushehri as Minister of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy, Dr. Amthal Hadi Hayef Al-Huwailah as Minister of Social Affairs and Family and Childhood Affairs. It also provides for the appointment of new cabinet members, namely Khalifa Abdullah Dhahi Ajeel Al-Askar as Minister of Commerce and Industry, Abdullatif Hamed Hamad Al-Meshari as Minister of State for Municipal Affairs and Minister of State for Housing Affairs, Dr. Nader Abdullah Mohammad Al-Jallal as Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Acting Minister of Education, Nora Suleiman Al-Fassam as Minister of Finance and Minister of State for Econ omic and Investment Affairs. Source: Emirates News Agency