List of prime ministers of Kuwait

Prime Minister of the
State of Kuwait
Prime Minister of the; State of Kuwait
	Emblem of Kuwait
	Incumbent; Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah; since 24 July 2022
	Executive branch of the Government of Kuwait; Cabinet of Kuwait
Residence	No official residence
Seat	Kuwait City, Kuwait
Appointer	Emir of Kuwait
Term length	Four years; unlimited renewal
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Kuwait
Formation	17 January 1962
First holder	Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Website	Diwan of His Highness the Prime Minister

The prime minister of Kuwait is the head of government of Kuwait. The officeholder is unelected and is appointed by the Emir of Kuwait as per Article 56 of the Kuwait constitution.^[1] As the third most powerful official in the country, following the Emir of Kuwait and Speaker of the National Assembly, the prime minister leads the executive branch of the Government of Kuwait.

Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, the Emir of Kuwait during the period of Kuwait's independence, appointed himself the first Prime Minister of Kuwait on 17 January 1962, after the Constituent Assembly was elected to draft the Constitution.

Until 2003, the Crown Prince of Kuwait was usually appointed to the office of prime minister.

List of officeholders (1962–present)[edit]

Source:^[2]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Head of State
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Head of State
1		Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah عبدالله السالم الصباح (1895–1965)	17 January 1962	26 January 1963	1 year, 9 days	Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah (1950–1965)
2		Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah صباح السالم الصباح (1913–1977)	2 February 1963	27 November 1965	2 years, 298 days	Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah (1950–1965)
3		Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah جابر الأحمد الصباح (1926–2006)	27 November 1965	8 February 1978	12 years, 73 days	Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah (1965–1977)
4		Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah سعد السالم الصباح (1930–2008)^[a]	8 February 1978	13 July 2003	25 years, 155 days	Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (1977–2006)
5		Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah صباح الأحمد الجابر الصباح (1929–2020)	13 July 2003	30 January 2006	2 years, 201 days	Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (1977–2006) Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah (15 January–24 January 2006)
6		Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah ناصر المحمد الصباح (born 1940)	7 February 2006	28 November 2011	5 years, 294 days	Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (2006–2020)
7		Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah جابر المبارك الحمد الصباح (born 1942)	30 November 2011	19 November 2019	7 years, 354 days	Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (2006–2020)
8		Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah صباح الخالد الصباح (born 1953)	19 November 2019	24 July 2022	2 years, 248 days	Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (2006–2020) Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (2020–present)
9		Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah احمد النواف الاحمد الصباح (born 1956)	24 July 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 125 days	Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (2020–present)