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Kuwaiti Emir accepts resignation of deputy prime minister and oil minister

Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah visits the United Arab Emirates
September 08, 2024
Reuters - Reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah issued a decree on Sunday accepting the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil Emad al-Atiqi.

Kuwait's Finance Minister and Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Investment Nora Suleiman Al-Fassam has been appointed as acting oil minister, replacing al-Atiqi, Kuwait's ruling authority office or Emiri Diwan added in a statement.

(Reporting by Ahmed Tolba and Adam Makary; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)

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