Personal data
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| Name |
Mohammad Sabah AlSalem AlSabah |
| date of birth |
10/10/1955 |
| marital status |
He is married to Sheikha Ferial Daij AlSalman AlSabah and has two sons and two daughters |
Scientific expertise
|
| 1985 |
Doctorate in Economics and Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University - USA |
| 1978 |
BA in Economics with Honors from Claremont McKenna College - USA |
| 1978 |
He received the Salvatore Award for Distinguished Researcher for the research entitled: “A Monetary Analysis of Inflation in Kuwait.” |
| 2012 - 2013 |
Visiting Fellow at Oxford University |
| Languages |
Arabic English |
Practical experiences
|
| 2012 - present |
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mabarrah Sabah AlSalem AlSabah |
| February 2006 – October 2011 |
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| July 2003 - October 2011 |
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development |
| July 2003 - February 2006 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| July 2003 - February 2006 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| July 2003 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Acting Minister of Social Affairs and Labor |
| January 2003 - July 2003 |
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Minister of Finance and Acting Minister of Planning |
| February 2001 - July 2003 |
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs |
| January 1993 - February 2001 |
Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the United States of America |
| 1990-1991 |
Member of the Supreme Advisory Council, which coordinated the work of the Kuwaiti government in exile |
| 1990-1991 |
Member of the Reconstruction Committee in the Supreme Advisory Council |
| 1990 |
Member of the Kuwaiti Popular Congress delegation, which visited North American countries during the brutal Iraqi occupation |
| 1988 |
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kuwait Foreign Investment Company |
| 1987 |
Chairman of the Economic Committee of the Supreme Council for Planning |
| 1985-1987 |
He headed the expanded economic study project, consisting of a team that included ten local professors and fifteen professors from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which laid the current foundation for the long-term strategic development of the State of Kuwait. |
| 1985 |
Faculty member in the Economics Department at Kuwait University |
Councils, committees and memberships
|
| 2014 - present |
Member of the United Nations Leadership Council for Sustainable Development |
| 2014 - present |
Senior Advisor to the Earth Institute - Columbia University - New York |
| 2013 - present |
Member of the Board of Trustees - Council for Arab and International Relations |
| 2012-2013 |
Member of the High-Level Advisory Group to the President of the United Nations General Assembly |
| 2009 - present |
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies - University of Oxford |
| 2001 - present |
Member of the Advisory Board of the Kuwait Program at Kennedy School - Harvard University |
| 1991 - present |
Founding member and member of the Board of Trustees of the Kuwaiti-American Foundation |
| 2009 – 2011 |
Acting Chairman of the Civil Service Council |
| 2009 – 2011 |
Member of the National Committee for Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Purposes |
| 2006 – 2011 |
Member of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development |
| 2003 – 2011 |
Member of the National Security Council |
| 2003 – 2011 |
Member of the Supreme Petroleum Council |
| 2003 – 2011 |
Member of the Supreme Council of the Environment Public Authority |
| 2003 – 2011 |
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development |
Decorations
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| 2014 |
Robert and Joan Bendtsen Award for Public Diplomacy from the Center for Global Leadership at Tufts University, USA. |
| 2013 |
Honorary Doctorate Degree in Social Sciences - Corvinus University - Hungary |
| 2011 |
Honorary Doctorate Degree in Communication Systems in International Relations - University of Perugia for Foreigners - Italian Republic |
| 2011 |
Medal of the "Lion of Marzocco", City of Florence - Italian Republic |
| 2010 |
Honorary Doctorate in Law from Claremont McKenna College - United States of America |
| 2009 |
Medal of the Republic of Sudan, first class |
| 2009 |
Medal, scarf and logo of the Arab Brotherhood Society - Republic of Yemen |
| 2004 |
Bahrain Order, First Class - Kingdom of Bahrain |
| 1978 |
Recipient of the Salvatore Distinguished Researcher Award. |
| 1978 |
Recipient of the Salvatore Distinguished Researcher Award. |
Hobbies
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| Driving sailboats, Folk arts |
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| Arabic, English |
