His Highness the Deputy Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah signed a decree Sunday approving the new cabinet line-up, headed by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
The first article of the decree details the 15-member government line-up as follows: 1- First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
2- Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Ahmad Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
3- Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Essa Ahmad Mohammad Al-Kandari.
4- Deputy Prime Minister, Oil Minister, and Minister of State for Economic and Investment Affairs Dr. Saad Hamad Nasser Al-Barrak. 5- Minister of State for Municipal Affairs and Minister of State for communications Affairs Fahad Ali Zayed Al-Shu’la.
6- Information Minister and Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs Abdulrahman Badah Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi.
7- Minister of Health Dr. Ahmad Abdulwahab Al-Awadhi.
8- Minister of Public Works Dr. Amani Suleiman Abdelwahab Bouqmaz.
9- Minister of Education Dr. Hamad Abdulwahab Hamad Al-Adwani.
10- Foreign Minister Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
11- Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Mohammad Othman Al-Aiban.
12- Minister of Finance Manaf Abdulaziz Al-Hajeri.
13- Minister of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy Dr. Jassem Mohammad Abdullah Al-Ostad.
14- Minister of Justice and Minister of Housing Affairs Faleh Abdullah Eid Faleh Al-Roqba.
15- Minister of Social Affairs, Family and Childhood Affairs Feras Saud Al-Malek Al-Sabah.
The second article stipulates that His Highness the Prime Minister informs the National Assembly about the decree. The decree is effective immediately and shall be published in the official Gazette.
Source: Kuwait News Agency