Kuwait Amir signs decree of new gov’t

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah signed a decree Sunday approving the new cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah. The new cabinet lineup: 1-Fahad Yousuf Saud Al-Sabah, First Deputy Prime Minister, Defense Minister and Interior Minister. 2-Shereeda Abdullah Al-Mousherji, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs. 3-Dr. Imad Mohammad Al-Atiqi, Deputy Prime Minister and Oil Minister. 4-Abdulrahman Bdah Al-Mutairi, Minister of Information and Culture. 5-Dr. Ahmad Abdulwahab Al-Awadhi, Minister of Health. 6-Dr. Anwar Ali Al-Mudhaf, Minister of Finance, and Minister of State for Economic and Investment Affairs. 7-Dr. Adel Mohammad Al-Adwani, Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research. 8-Abdullah Ali Al-Yahya, Minister of Foreign Affairs. 9-Dr. Noura Mohammad Al-Mashaan, Minister of Public Works and Minister of Municipality Affairs. 10-Dr. Mohammad Ibrahim Al-Wasmi, Minister of Justice and M inister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs. 11-Omar Saud Al-Omar, Minister of Commerce and Industry, and Minister of State for Communication Affairs. 12-Dr. Mohammad Abdulaziz Bushehri, Minister of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy, and Minister of State for Housing Affairs. 13-Dr. Amthal Hadi Al-Huwailah, Minister of Social Affairs, Labor, Family Affairs and Childhood and Minister of State for Youth Affairs. The decree would take effect once published in the official gazette. Source: Kuwait News Agency