Mohammed Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

In this Arabic name, the surname is Al-Sabah.

Sheikh Mohammed Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1909 – 4 April 1975) (Arabic: الشيخ محمد الأحمد الجابر الصباح, romanized: ash-Shaykh Muḥammad al-ʾAḥmad al-Jābir aṣ-Ṣabāḥ) was the second son of Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

Mohammed Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
1st Minister of Defense
In office	1962 – 30 November 1964
Successor	2nd Minister of Defense Saad Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (1964–1978)
Monarch	Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Born	1909 Kuwait
Died	4 April 1975(1975-04-04) (aged 65–66) London, United Kingdom
Issue	Sheikh Bader Sheikh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
House	Sabah
Father	Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

He was the first minister of defense, before the formation of the ministry itself. He was assigned this responsibility when the first council of ministers formed in 1962. He was reassigned to the post after the first elections for the National Assembly of Kuwait and remained in the post until 30 November 1964.^{[citation needed]} The Kuwait Naval Base, formally the Mohammed Al-Ahmad Kuwait Naval Base, was named after him.^[1]

See also

• Chief of the General Staff (Kuwait)
• House of Sabah
• List of emirs of Kuwait
• Military of Kuwait