Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah

Sheikh Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (Arabic: علي صباح السالم الصباح, 1948 – 13 April 1997^[1]) was a senior member of the House of Al-Sabah of Kuwait.^[2]

Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
علي صباح السالم الصباح
Deputy Prime Minister and Kuwait Minister of Defense
In office 1991–1994
Monarch	Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Prime Minister	Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Preceded by	Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Succeeded by	Ahmad Al-Homoud Al-Sabah
Personal details
Relations	Salem (brother) Mohammed (brother) Thamer (son)
Parent	Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah (father)

Biography

Ali Al Sabah was the 2nd son of the 12th Ruler and 2nd Emir of Kuwait. He graduated from the RMA Sandhurst in 1970. In 1986 he was appointed governor of Ahmadi Governorate. On April 20, 1991, he was appointed Minister of Defense, and on October 17, 1992, after holding elections for the National Assembly, he was reappointed Minister of Defense. On April 13, 1994, with a cabinet reshuffle, he was appointed Minister of Interior. On September 3, 1996, he was appointed Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, in addition to his work as Minister of the Interior.^[3]