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Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah
(1963–)

Biographical

Deputy Prime Minister of Kuwait 2010–11, 2023–24
Minister of Defence 2023–24
Minister of State for Development & Housing 2010-11
Minister of Oil 2002–06
Minister of Electricity and Water, and Renewable Energy 2003
Minister of Information 2001–03
Second Lieutenant Kuwait Army 1985
Major Kuwaiti Army

President of the Association of National Olympic Committees 2012–18
President of the Olympic Solidarity Commission 2012–18
Chairman of Public Authority for Youth and Sports of Kuwait 2000–01
Chairman of the Afro-Asian Games Council 1998–2003
President of the Kuwait National Olympic Committee 1991–2001
President of the Olympic Council of Asia 1991–2021 suspended
President of the Asian Handball Federation 1991–2021
President of the Kuwait Football Association 1990–2004

Sheikh Ahmad served in the Kuwait Army from 1985 to 1990, and in the First Gulf War. A member of the International Olympic Committee, Sheikh Ahmad was banned from further involvement in the Olympics after a court in Geneva convicted him of forgery. He appealed the charges.

Place of birth: Beirut, Lebanon

Son of Fahad Al-Sabah, and Fazila Al-Sabah. He married Shekha Al-Sabah, and has issue.

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