Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah
Saud Al-Nasir Al-Sabah | |
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سعود الناصر الصباح | |
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| Minister of Oil | |
| In office March 1998 – 2000 | |
| Minister of Information | |
| In office 1992 – March 1998 | |
| Ambassador of Kuwait to the United States | |
| In office 1981–1992 | |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 3, 1944 |
| Died | 21 January 2012 (aged 67) |
Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah (3 October 1944 – 21 January 2012) was a Kuwaiti politician, diplomat, and ruling family member.
Biography
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Sabah served as ambassador of Kuwait to the United Kingdom from 1975 to 1981.[1] He then served as Kuwaiti ambassador to the United States during the First Gulf War, more specifically from 1981 to 1992.[2] In 1992, he was appointed information minister and served in the post until March 1998.[2] He was oil minister from March 1998 to 2000.[1] He resigned from the post due to an explosion that killed five workers at the country's largest oil refinery.[3]
He forced a false testimony from his then 15-year-old daughter Nayirah[4] and was involved with Citizens for a Free Kuwait,[5] a front group established by the Kuwaiti government to promote US involvement in the Gulf War.[6][7] This involvement was covered in the 1992 documentary film To Sell a War.[8]
Sabah died of cancer on 21 January 2012.[1][2]
See also
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[edit]- ^ a b c "Kuwait mourns former oil minister". WAM. 22 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ a b c "Kuwait's ex-ambassador to the US dies". Al Jazeera. 22 January 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ^ "Kuwait oil minister resigns in wake of explosion". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. AP. 27 June 2000. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ^ "Opinion | Deception on Capitol Hill". January 15, 1992 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ MacArthur, John R. (6 June 1992). "Opinion | Remember Nayirah, Witness for Kuwait?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "How PR Sold the War in the Persian Gulf". PR Watch.
- ^ "The Great Lie of the First Gulf War". OZY. August 17, 2020.
- ^ "CBC: To sell a war". Richard Prins. 30 June 2011. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
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