Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah

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Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah was the Emir of Kuwait from 1977 until his death in 2006, known for overseeing the country through the Iran–Iraq War, the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, and subsequent reconstruction.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Emir of Kuwait ⓘ
human ⓘ
burialPlace Sulaibikhat Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
child Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah ⓘ
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah ⓘ
citizenship Kuwait ⓘ
country Kuwait ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1926-06-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2006-01-15 ⓘ
endTime 2006-01-15 ⓘ
era late 20th century Middle East politics ⓘ
familyName House of Sabah ⓘ
surface form: Al-Sabah
givenName Jaber ⓘ
headOfStateOf Kuwait ⓘ
honorificTitle Emir of Kuwait ⓘ
surface form: His Highness the Emir of the State of Kuwait
implementedPolicy reconstruction of Kuwait’s infrastructure after 1991 ⓘ
restoration of Kuwait’s oil industry after the Gulf War ⓘ
knownFor foreign policy balancing regional powers ⓘ
leading Kuwait during the Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
leading Kuwait during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait ⓘ
post-war reconstruction of Kuwait ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
memberOf House of Sabah ⓘ
name Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah self-link ⓘ
nationality Kuwaiti ⓘ
officeHeld Prime Minister of Kuwait ⓘ
officeHeldEnd 1978 ⓘ
officeHeldStart 1965 ⓘ
oversawEvent Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Gulf War ⓘ
surface form: Iraqi invasion of Kuwait

Gulf War ⓘ
surface form: Liberation of Kuwait

post-war reconstruction of Kuwait ⓘ
participatedIn Gulf Cooperation Council summits ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kuwait City ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kuwait City ⓘ
positionHeld Emir of Kuwait ⓘ
predecessor Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah ⓘ
previousOffice Governor of the Kuwait Monetary Council ⓘ
Minister of Economy of Kuwait ⓘ
Minister of Finance of Kuwait ⓘ
regionGoverned Persian Gulf ⓘ
surface form: Arabian Gulf
reignEndYear 2006 ⓘ
reignStartYear 1977 ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
spouse Sheikha Bibi Al-Salem Al-Sabah ⓘ
startTime 1977-12-31 ⓘ
successor Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah ⓘ
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Centre → namedAfter → Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah ⓘ
Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Causeway → namedAfter → Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah ⓘ
JACC → namedAfter → Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah → name → Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah self-link ⓘ