Mohammed Al-Mutair

Mohammed Barak Al-Mutair (Arabic: محمد براك المطير) was the Deputy Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the second district. Born in 1969, Al-Mutair earned a BA in business management and worked for an investment company before being elected to the National Assembly in 2003.^[1]

Mohammed Al-Mutair
محمد المطير
Official Portrait, 2022
Member of National Assembly of Kuwait
Incumbent
Assumed office December 11, 2016
Constituency	Second District
In office 19 July, 2003 – 7 October, 2012
Constituency	Second District
Personal details
Born	(1969-05-05) May 5, 1969 (age 56)
Citizenship	Kuwait
Alma mater	University of San Diego
Occupation	Politician

Forgiving Iraq's debt opposition

Al-Mutair opposes forgiving Iraq's debt, saying, "A commitment is a commitment; we have suffered enough from that neighbor."^[2] The estimated debt of $15–16 billion came mostly from loans made to Iraq during the Iran–Iraq War.^[3]

Request to grill Prime Minister Nasser

In November 2008, Al-Mutair joined with fellow Islamist MPs Waleed Al-Tabtabaie and Mohammed Hayef Al-Mutairi in filing a request to grill Prime Minister Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah for allowing prominent Iranian Shiite cleric Mohammad Baqir al-Fali to enter Kuwait despite a legal ban.^[4]