⁍ Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah died on Tuesday aged 91.
⁍ Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah was named the new ruler.
⁍ Under the constitution, Sheikh Nawaf has up to a year to name a new heir to the throne.
– Kuwait’s emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, died Tuesday at the age of 91, making his son, Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah, the country’s new ruler. Reuters has a list of the top contenders to be named Kuwait’s crown prince, including Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad, a younger brother of the late emir; Sheikh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad, the 72-year-old eldest son of the late emir; and Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammed, a nephew of the late emir who was prime minister from 2006 to 2011.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kuwait-emir-crown-prince-factbox/factbox-who-will-be-kuwaits-next-crown-prince-idUSKBN26M620