Saud Al-Nasir Al-Sabah
سعود الناصر الصباح
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 byMohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
Personal details
Born(1944-10-03)October 3, 1944
Died21 January 2012(2012-01-21) (aged 67)

Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah (3 October 1944 – 21 January 2012) was a Kuwaiti politician, diplomat, and ruling family member.

Biography

Sabah with John McCain in 1991

Sabah was born on 3 October 1944. 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]

Sabah with George H. W. Bush in 1990

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kuwait mourns former oil minister". WAM. 22 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Kuwait's ex-ambassador to the US dies". Al Jazeera. 22 January 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Kuwait oil minister resigns in wake of explosion". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. AP. 27 June 2000. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Opinion | Deception on Capitol Hill". January 15, 1992 – via NYTimes.com.
  5. ↑ MacArthur, John R. (6 June 1992). "Opinion | Remember Nayirah, Witness for Kuwait?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "How PR Sold the War in the Persian Gulf". PR Watch.
  7. ↑ "The Great Lie of the First Gulf War". OZY. August 17, 2020.
  8. ↑ "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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