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2025 in Kuwait
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Events in the year 2025 in Kuwait.
Incumbents
Holidays
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 30 January – The Prophet's Ascension
- 25 February – National Day
- 26 February – Liberation Day
- 30 March – 1 April – Eid al-Fitr
- 5 June – Arafat Day
- 6–9 June – Eid al-Adha
- 26 June – Islamic New Year
- 4 September – The Prophet's Birthday
Events
January
- 20 January – Kuwait Oil Company announces the discovery of significant commercial quantities of hydrocarbon resources in the Al-Julai'a offshore field within Kuwaiti territorial waters, marking the second discovery of its kind in Kuwait's offshore area.[3][4]
February
- 4 February – Appointment of Sheikh Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah as Minister of Defense.[5][6]
March
- 8 March – All flights to and from Kuwait are briefly suspended for undisclosed reasons.[7]
- 12 March – Six Americans held in Kuwait on drugs-related charges are released and returned to the United States following a visit by US special envoy Adam Boehler.[8]
- 16 March – Kuwait abolishes Article 153, ending reduced penalties for "honor killings," and raised the legal marriage age to 18 for both genders.[9]
- 24 March – A major sweepstakes scandal reveals rigged draws, pre-selected winners, and a lack of transparency. The Ministry of Interior announces the arrest of the main perpetrators, including the raffle director at the Ministry of Commerce, the fictitious winner, and her husband.[10]
April
- 16 April – Kuwait hosts the third Central Asia–Gulf Cooperation Council ministerial meeting.[11]
- 22 April – Kuwait enforces a new traffic law.[12]
- 30 April – Ten Americans held in Kuwait on various charges are released and returned to the United States.[13]
June
Deaths
- 2 January – Abdulaziz Ali Saleh Al-Haddad (aged 74), an actor and director[15]
- 23 March – Khalid Al-Jarrallah (aged 78), a diplomat and undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1999–2021)[16]
- 26 May – Waleed Al-Jasem (aged 65), a footballer.
- 14 June – Hussein Al-Qattan (aged 98/99), an actor.
- 1 July – Badr Al-Yaqoub (aged 79), a politician.
References
External links
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