• Source: 2023 in Kuwait

Events in the year 2023 in Kuwait.




Incumbents






Holidays



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1 January – Sunday – New Year's Day
19 February – Sunday – The Prophet's Ascension
25 February – Saturday – National Day
26 February – Sunday – Liberation Day
27 February – Monday – Public Sector & Bank Holiday in lieu of Kuwait National Day
21–25 April – Eid al-Fitr
27 June – Tuesday – Arafat Day
28–30 June – Eid al-Adha
1–2 July – Eid al-Adha
20 July – Thursday – Islamic New Year (In lieu of Wednesday 19 July)
28 September – Thursday – The Prophet's Birthday
17–19 December – Mourning for Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
31 December – Sunday – Public Sector & Bank Holiday in lieu of New Year's Day 2024




Events






= March

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19 March – The Constitutional Court ruled in favour of reinstating the previous parliament elected in 2020, citing discrepancies in the decree dissolving the previous parliament.




= June

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6 June - 2023 Kuwaiti general election: Kuwaitis return to the ballots again for the third time in three years following the second dissolution of the 16th session by Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
18 June – Kuwaiti Prime Minister Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah forms the 44th Cabinet following his reappointment, appointing Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah as the defense minister and Saad Al Barrak as the oil minister.




= July

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27 July – Kuwait executes five by hanging, including man convicted over ISIS mosque bombing in 2015 that had killed 26 people.




= November

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26 November – Kuwait's highest court sentences former defense and interior minister Khaled Al Jarrah Al Sabah to seven years in prison for mishandling military funds while former Prime Minister Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, who faced similar charges, is only ordered by the court to return the funds that he mismanaged.




= December

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16 December –
Emir of Kuwait Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah dies at 86. His half-brother, Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, succeeds him as the new emir.
The government announced three-days holiday across the country and 40 days mourning with flags lowered at half-mast. Malls and Complexes were closed from 16th to 18th, other than essentials. Ministry and State Institutions had holidays from 17th to 19th. Flags lowered at half-mast at all ministries, state agencies and main roads for a 40 day period.
20 December –
Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah took oath at a special National Assembly session becoming the 17th Emir of the State of Kuwait.
Emir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives government resignation from Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.




Deaths


26 February – Ali Al-Baghli (aged 75), politician
6 April — Saad Zenefer Al-Azmi (aged 73), former National Assembly member (2009-2011)
12 May - Abdulkareem Abdulqadir (aged 81), singer
25 May – Ahmad Johar (aged 65), actor
27 August – Sheikh Khaled Al-Saeedi, Imam of the Grand Mosque of Kuwait
15 December – Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain (aged 87), poet, writer and businessman
16 December – Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (aged 86), the 16th Ruler of Kuwait and the 7th Emir of the State of Kuwait, (b. 1937)




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