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Kuwait emir asks outgoing PM to form cabinet
0 Comments | AFP, May, 2008
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) — Kuwait's emir on Tuesday asked outgoing Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah to form a new cabinet in the oil-rich Gulf emirate following a parliamentary election.
Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah issued a decree naming Sheikh Nasser as prime minister, the official KUNA news agency reported.
The move came a day after Sheikh Nasser, a nephew of the emir, tendered his cabinet's resignation as is required by law after general elections.
Radical Sunni and Shiite Islamists made strong gains in Saturday's elections and now together control more than half of the 50-seat parliament.
Early elections were called after Kuwait's ruler dissolved parliament in March following a dispute between MPs and the government. It was the...
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