KUWAIT CITY, Jan 18 – Kuwait has formed a new government headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah, the Kuna state news agency said on Wednesday.
The prime minister appointed Emad Mohammed al-Atiqi as oil minister for the OPEC producer, Anwar Ali al-Mudhaf as finance minister and Abdullah Ali al-Yahya as the country’s foreign minister, Reuters reports.
Earlier this month, Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who came to power in December after his predecessor Sheikh Nawaf died, appointed Sheikh Mohammad as prime minister.
