Kuwait’s Emir hospitalized, crown prince takes over select duties

Merge 104.8  |  19 July 2020

Kuwait’s 91-year-old ruler Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber al-Sabah was admitted to hospital on Saturday for medical checks, the state news agency KUNA reported.

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KUNA stated that the Emiri Court Affairs Minister Sheikh Ali Jarrah al-Sabah said that Sheikh Sabah would undergo a medical checkup.

No more details were given in the statement.

In a separate statement, MUNA said that a royal order was issued assigning Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Sabah, the Emir’s designated successor, “to take over some constitutional jurisdictions of His Highness the Emir temporarily”

The Emir’s name is the most trending hashtag on Twitter in Oman as more than 80,000 tweets were shared today, wishing him full recovery.