{"id":99303,"date":"2023-12-16T14:24:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T11:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=99303"},"modified":"2023-12-16T14:25:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T11:25:06","slug":"kuwaits-emir-passes-away-at-86-after-3-years-in-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/kuwait\/99303-kuwaits-emir-passes-away-at-86-after-3-years-in-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuwait\u2019s Emir passes away at 86 after 3 years in power"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Emir of Kuwait, died on Saturday at the age of 86 due to his deteriorating health condition in the hospital, Kuwait state TV reported, citing the official statement by the Amiri Diwan of Kuwait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In late November, Sheikh Nawaf was rushed to hospital for an unspecified illness, the state news agency KUNA reported. In the time since, the tiny, oil-rich nation had been waiting for news about his health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Emir of Kuwait had previously travelled to Italy for medical checks in the months of May, September and October 2022. Due to his illness, he had transferred most of his powers to his crown prince.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was sworn in as the Emir of Kuwait on September 29, 2020, and on October 7 of the same year, he chose Meshal Al-Ahmad as his crown prince.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kuwait\u2019s deputy ruler and his half-brother, Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmad Al Jaber, now 83, is believed to be in line to take over as ruler. He studied in Kuwait and at Hendon Military College in England and was the vice-president of the Kuwaiti National Guard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Emir of Kuwait, died on Saturday at the age of 86 due to his deteriorating health condition in the hospital, Kuwait state TV reported, citing the official statement by the Amiri Diwan of Kuwait. In late November, Sheikh Nawaf was rushed to hospital for an unspecified illness, the state &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":99304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kuwait"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kuwait\u2019s Emir passes away at 86 after 3 years in power - Shia Waves<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/kuwait\/99303-kuwaits-emir-passes-away-at-86-after-3-years-in-power\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kuwait\u2019s Emir passes away at 86 after 3 years in power - Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Emir of Kuwait, died on Saturday at the age of 86 due to his deteriorating health condition in the hospital, Kuwait state TV reported, citing the official statement by the Amiri Diwan of Kuwait. In late November, Sheikh Nawaf was rushed to hospital for an unspecified illness, the state &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/kuwait\/99303-kuwaits-emir-passes-away-at-86-after-3-years-in-power\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-16T11:24:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-16T11:25:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/12\/download-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"261\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"193\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arooj\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arooj\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/kuwait\/99303-kuwaits-emir-passes-away-at-86-after-3-years-in-power\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/kuwait\/99303-kuwaits-emir-passes-away-at-86-after-3-years-in-power\/\",\"name\":\"Kuwait\u2019s Emir passes away at 86 after 3 years in power - Shia Waves\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/kuwait\/99303-kuwaits-emir-passes-away-at-86-after-3-years-in-power\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/kuwait\/99303-kuwaits-emir-passes-away-at-86-after-3-years-in-power\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/12\/download-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-16T11:24:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-16T11:25:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/kuwait\/99303-kuwaits-emir-passes-away-at-86-after-3-years-in-power\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/kuwait\/99303-kuwaits-emir-passes-away-at-86-after-3-years-in-power\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/kuwait\/99303-kuwaits-emir-passes-away-at-86-after-3-years-in-power\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/12\/download-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/12\/download-2.jpg\",\"width\":261,\"height\":193},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/kuwait\/99303-kuwaits-emir-passes-away-at-86-after-3-years-in-power\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kuwait\u2019s Emir passes away at 86 after 3 years in power\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/\",\"name\":\"Shia Waves\",\"description\":\"Just another ShiaWaves site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9\",\"name\":\"Arooj\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/author\/housseini\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kuwait\u2019s Emir passes away at 86 after 3 years in power - Shia Waves","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/kuwait\/99303-kuwaits-emir-passes-away-at-86-after-3-years-in-power\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kuwait\u2019s Emir passes away at 86 after 3 years in power - Shia Waves","og_description":"Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Emir of Kuwait, died on Saturday at the age of 86 due to his deteriorating health condition in the hospital, Kuwait state TV reported, citing the official statement by the Amiri Diwan of Kuwait. In late November, Sheikh Nawaf was rushed to hospital for an unspecified illness, the state &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/kuwait\/99303-kuwaits-emir-passes-away-at-86-after-3-years-in-power\/","og_site_name":"Shia Waves","article_published_time":"2023-12-16T11:24:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-12-16T11:25:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":261,"height":193,"url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/12\/download-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arooj","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arooj","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/kuwait\/99303-kuwaits-emir-passes-away-at-86-after-3-years-in-power\/","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/kuwait\/99303-kuwaits-emir-passes-away-at-86-after-3-years-in-power\/","name":"Kuwait\u2019s Emir passes away at 86 after 3 years in power - Shia Waves","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/kuwait\/99303-kuwaits-emir-passes-away-at-86-after-3-years-in-power\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/kuwait\/99303-kuwaits-emir-passes-away-at-86-after-3-years-in-power\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/12\/download-2.jpg","datePublished":"2023-12-16T11:24:55+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-16T11:25:06+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/kuwait\/99303-kuwaits-emir-passes-away-at-86-after-3-years-in-power\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/kuwait\/99303-kuwaits-emir-passes-away-at-86-after-3-years-in-power\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/kuwait\/99303-kuwaits-emir-passes-away-at-86-after-3-years-in-power\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/12\/download-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/12\/download-2.jpg","width":261,"height":193},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/kuwait\/99303-kuwaits-emir-passes-away-at-86-after-3-years-in-power\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kuwait\u2019s Emir passes away at 86 after 3 years in power"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/","name":"Shia Waves","description":"Just another ShiaWaves site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9","name":"Arooj","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/author\/housseini\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99305,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99303\/revisions\/99305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}