Kuwait: Rulers of Kuwait
(1752 - Present)
Sheiks, since 1961 Emirs
| Sheikh Abu Abdullah Sabah ibn Jabir Al Sabah (d. 1762) | 1752-1762 |
| Abdullah ibn Sabah Al Sabah (1740-1814) | 1762-02/1814 |
| Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah (1770-1859) | 02/1814-1859 |
| Sabah ibn Jabir Al Sabah (1810-1866) | 1859-11/1866 |
| Abdullah ibn Sabah Al Sabah (d. 1892) | 11/1866-5/1892 |
| Muhammad ibn Sabah Al Sabah (d. 1896) | 05/1892-5/18/1896 |
| Mubarak al-Lahab ibn Sabah Al Sabah (1837-1915) | 5/18/1896-11/29/1915 |
| Jabir Al Mubarak Al Sabah (1860-1917) | 11/29/1915-2/5/1917 |
| Salim Al Mubarak Al Sabah (1864-1921) | 2/5/1917-2/27/1921 |
| Ahmad Al Jabir Al Sabah (1885-1950) | 2/27/1921-2/25/1950 |
| Abdullah as-Salim as Sabah (1899-1965) | 2/25/1950-11/24/1965 |
| Sabah as-Salim as Sabah (1913-1977) | 11/24/1965-12/31/1977 |
| Jaber as-Ahmad al Jaber as Sabah (1928) | 1/1/1978-1/15/2006 |
| Sheik Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah | 1/16/2006-January 2006 |
| Sheik Sabah IV Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | January 2006- Present |
Prime Ministers
| Jaber as-Ahmad al Jaber as Sabah (b. 1928) | 1/17/1962-2/2/1963 |
| Sabah as-Salim as Sabah (1913-1977) | 2/2/1963-11/24/1965 |
| Jaber as-Ahmad al Jaber as Sabah (2nd term) | 11/24/1965-12/31/1977 |
| Saad al Abdullah al-Salam as-Sabah (b. 1930) | 2/8/1978-7/13/2003 |
| Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jabir Al Sabah (b. 1929) | 7/13/2003-January 2006 |
| Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah | January 2006 - December 2011 |
| Jaber al-Mubarak al-Hamad Al-Sabah | December 2011 - Present |
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