Sabah to take oath on Sunday as ruler of Kuwait

The new ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah will take his constitutional oath before the Ummah council (parliament) Sunday to be the 15th ruler for Kuwait.

The deputy speaker of the Ummah council in Kuwait Mushar al-Anjari said in a press statement that the "council set Sunday January 29th two consecutive sessions. The first will be dedicated to approve Sheikh Sabah as a ruler of Kuwait and the second is for him to take his constitutional oath."

On Tuesday evening the Kuwaiti Cabinet nominated its President Sheikh Sabah as a ruler for the country, few hours after the parliament had unanimously voted on remove Sheikh Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah who assumed the presidency of Kuwait following the death of Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah.

Sheikh Sabah, who assumed the post of the prime minister in 2003, has been running the daily affairs of the country since several years after the deteriorated health conditions for each of the ruler of the country Sheikh Jaber and his crown prince Sheikh Saad.