![Kuwaiti crown prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in Kuwait City, Kuwait on 19 January 2014 [YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_standard/public/2020-09/Sheikh-Nawaf-al-Ahmad-al-Jaber-al-Sabah.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=Jn-uVzuX "Kuwaiti crown prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in Kuwait City, Kuwait on 19 January 2014 [YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty Images]")
Kuwait’s Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah has been named as the successor to Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, who died earlier today at age 91.
This came in a statement issued by the Council of Ministers after its extraordinary meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khalid al-Hamad al-Sabah at the Seif Palace.
Earlier, the Royal Court of Kuwait announced the death of the emir.
This article has been adapted from its original source.
