Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Sa'ad al -Abdallah al- Salim al- Sabah (Arabic: سعد العبد الله السالم الصباح, DMG Sa ʿ ad al - ʿ Abd as- Sālim aṣ -Sabah, * 1930; † 13 May 2008) was between January 15, 2006 and January 24, 2006 Emir of Kuwait. After his short reign of ten days he was removed from the Kuwaiti Parliament of the Office. His successor was Sabah al -Ahmad al - Jabir al- Sabah.
Life
Sa'ad al -Abdallah al- Salim al- Sabah was born in 1930. After his schooling in Kuwait, he joined - still a teenager - in the police service a. After his training, he was promoted to police officer. During his police training, he spent a year at the London Metropolitan Police College Hendon.
After Great Britain Kuwait in 1961 granted independence, was Sheikh Sa'ad al -Abdallah al- Salim al- Sabah 1962 Minister of the Interior of the now sovereign Emirates, soon afterwards Defense Minister.
After 1977 Jabir al -Ahmad al - Jabir al- Sabah was proclaimed Emir, the new ruler of Kuwait Sa'ad al -Abdallah al- Salim al- Sabah in 1978 appointed heir to the throne. Since it is in the Kuwaiti dynasty tradition that the crown prince is also Prime Minister, Sa'ad al -Abdallah al- Salim al- Sabah took over in February 1978, this office, which he held until July 2003. With the death of Jabir al -Ahmad al - Jabir al- Sabah on 15 January 2006 he was designated a new Emir. Even before his scheduled for 24 January official swearing, however, encouraged especially in Parliament opposition to his taking office. Due to his cancer - was 75 -year-old had surgery on the intestines in 1997, seriously ill - its ability to office management has been questioned. On 24 January 2006 he was dismissed by the Kuwaiti Parliament of the Office. A valid resignation letter from the Emir, that would eliminates the whole procedure, met only after the vote.
Services
Together with Emir Jaber al -Ahmad al - Jabir al- Sabah al - mastered Sa'ad Abdallah al- Salim al- Sabah several crises, the largest of the armed Iraqi raid on 2 August 1990, was the him into together with the Saudi royal family Arabian exile led. The demand for greater democratization as he met Prime Minister first agent; later he supported reforms that gave more rights to the National Assembly.