2025 in Kuwait

Events in the year 2025 in Kuwait.

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Incumbents

Photo	Post	Name
	Emir of Kuwait	Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
	Prime Minister of Kuwait	Ahmad Abdullah al-Ahmad al-Sabah

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Kuwait

Source:^[1][2]

• 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

• 1 June – Five people are killed in a fire at an apartment block in Riggae.^[14]

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.