{"id":249121,"date":"2023-12-21T07:42:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T23:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=249121"},"modified":"2023-12-21T07:46:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T23:46:40","slug":"mishal-al-ahmad-al-jaber-al-sabah-sworn-in-as-kuwaits-new-emir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=249121","title":{"rendered":"Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Sworn In As Kuwait&#8217;s New Emir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KUWAIT CITY, Dec 21 (NNN-KUNA) &#8211; Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, officially assumed the role of Emir of Kuwait yesterday, taking an oath before the Kuwaiti National Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He succeeds the late Emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who passed away at the age of 86, on Dec 16. Sheikh Mishal is the 17th ruler of the oil-rich Gulf state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his speech to parliament, Sheikh Mishal emphasised &#8220;the importance of accountability within the framework of the law&#8221; for actions that neglect the interests of the citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the speech, the 83-year-old Emir also urged a review of the current situation, in terms of security, economy, and living standards, and reaffirmed his commitment to the Gulf and international cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Kuwait&#8217;s constitution, the Emir must take the oath before parliament, before assuming his powers.&#8211; NNN-KUNA &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUWAIT CITY, Dec 21 (NNN-KUNA) &#8211; Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, officially assumed the role of Emir of Kuwait yesterday, taking an oath before the Kuwaiti National Assembly. He succeeds the late Emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who passed away at the age of 86, on Dec 16. Sheikh Mishal is the 17th ruler [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":249123,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[287,286,217,194],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249121"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=249121"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249124,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249121\/revisions\/249124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/249123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=249121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=249121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=249121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}