Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
Personal Details
Name: Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
Born: October 10th, 1955
Marital Status: Married to Sheikha Feryal Duaij Al-Salman Al-Sabah
Children: Four
Educational Details
1978 Undergraduate Senior Thesis: “Criticial Analysis of Inflation in Kuwait” –
Won the Salvatori Scholar Prize
1978 B.A. (Cum Laude) Economics – Claremont McKenna College
1985 M.A. Economics, PhD in Economics and Middle Eastern Studies – Harvard
University
2012 – 2013 Visiting Fellow at Oxford University
Languages: Arabic – English
Professional Experience
24th of January 2024 – Deputy Emir during the period of His Highness the Amir’s absence from the country
4th of January 2024- Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait
2012 – Current – Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
Foundation
Feb. 2006 – Oct. 2011 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
July 2003 – Oct. 2011 Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kuwaiti Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED)
July 2003 – February 2006 Minister of Foreign Affairs
July 2003 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Acting Minister of Social Affairs and Labor
January 2003 – July 2003 Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Acting Minister of Finance and Acting Minister of Planning
February 2001 – July 2003 Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
January 1993 – February 2001 Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the United States of America
1990 – 1991 Member of the ‘Higher Consultative Council’ that supervised the activities of
the legitimate Government of Kuwait in exile
1990 – 1991 Member of the ‘Reconstruction Committee’ of the ‘Higher Consultative
Council’
1990 Member of the Kuwaiti delegation to North America that was selected by the
“Popular Congress” during the Iraqi Occupation of Kuwait
1988 Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the ‘Kuwait Foreign Trading
Contracting and Investment Company’ (KFTCIC)
1987 Chairman of the Economic Committee in the Supreme Council for Planning
and Development
1985 – 1987 Project Leader of a major economic study that was conducted by 10 local
economists and 15 faculty members from Harvard University and MIT. The
results of the study formed the current “Long-Term development strategy of
Kuwait”
1985 Member of faculty of economics, Kuwait University
Councils, Committees & Memberships
2014 – Current Member of the Leadership Council of the UN Sustainable Development
Solutions Network
2014 – Current Senior Advisor to Earth Institute. Columbia University.
2013 – Current Member of the Board of Trustees – Council for Arab and International
Relations
2012 – 2013 Member of the High-Level Informal Advisory Panel of the President of the
United Nations General Assembly
2009 – Current Member of the Board of Trustees of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies – Oxford University
2001 – Current Member of the Advisory Council of the Kuwait Program at the Kennedy
School of Government – Harvard University
1991 – Current Founding Member and Board of Trustees Member of the ‘Kuwait – America
Foundation’ (KAF)
2009 – 2011 Acting Chairman of the Civil Service Commission – Kuwait
2009 – 2011 Member of the Kuwait National Nuclear Energy Committee
2006 – 2011 Member of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development – Kuwait
2003 – 2011 Member of the National Security Council – Kuwait
2003 – 2011 Member of the Supreme Petroleum Council – Kuwait
2003 – 2011 Member of the Supreme Council of the Environment Public Authority –
Kuwait
2003 – 2011 Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic
Development (KFAED)
Decorations
2011 Honorary Doctorate in Communication Systems in International Relations –
University for Foreigners of Perugia – Italian Republic
2011 “Leone del Marzocco” Order from the city of Florence – Italian Republic
2010 Honorary Doctorate Degree of Law, Claremont Mckenna College – United
States of America
2009 Order of the Republic of Sudan of the First Class
2009 Decorations and Medal from the Arab Brotherhood Association – Republic
of Yemen
2004 Order of Bahrain of the First Class – Kingdom of Bahrain
Hobbies
Sailing and classical music
