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 |