Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Arabic: سالم عبدالله الجابر الصباح, romanized: Sālim ʿAbdullāh al-Jābir aṣ-Ṣabāḥ) is a Kuwaiti diplomat and current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait. He previously served as ambassador of Kuwait to the United States of America from June 2001 until May 2022.[1][2]

Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
سالم عبدالله الجابر الصباح
6th Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
16 October 2022
Prime MinisterAhmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Preceded byAhmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah
Ambassador of Kuwait to the United States
In office
10 October 2001 – 23 June 2022
Prime MinisterSaad Al-Salim
Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah
Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
Preceded byMohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
Personal details
BornKuwait City, Kuwait
SpouseSheikha Rima al-Sabah
EducationAmerican University of Beirut (BSc)(MSc)

Career

Ambassador Al-Sabah has also been the ambassador of Kuwait to Korea (1998), minister plenipotentiary (1998) and first secretary to the Permanent Mission of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations, New York (1997-1998).

From 1986 to 1991 he was the diplomatic attaché for the Office of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in Kuwait.[1]

Personal life

He speaks Arabic, English and French. He is married to Lebanese-born former journalist Sheikha Rima al-Sabah, whom he met in 1983 when both were students in Beirut. They married in 1988 and have four sons.[3]

References
  1. "Ambassador Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's Biography | Embassy of the State of Kuwait in Washington". www.kuwaitembassy.us. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  2. "In Recognition of Rima Al-Sabah's Social Activism in Washington". eng.majalla.com. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  3. "AllGov - Officials". www.allgov.com. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
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