Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Sheikh Sabah IV Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Arabic: صباح الأحمد الجابر الصباح Ṣabāḥ al-ʼAḥmad al-Jābir aṣ-Ṣabāḥ; born 16 June 1929) is the Emir of Kuwait. Sheikh Sabah was sworn in on 29 January 2006 after confirmation by the National Assembly of Kuwait. He is the fourth son of Emir Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Sheikh Sabah is the head of the ruling House of Sabah family.
Though Kuwait initially avoided the Arab Spring pro-democracy protests sweeping the region since early 2011, thanks to its oil wealth and large welfare provisions, a struggle broke out between the House of Sabah and a parliament calling for greater independence in 2012, leading the Al-Sabahs to dissolve parliament. On 15 October 2012, opposition lawmaker Musallam Al-Barrak created a controversy when he broke with precedent and directly criticized the Emir at a political rally, accusing him of "autocracy". Kuwaiti security forces subsequently arrested Al-Barrak for "undermining the emir", causing another large protest on his behalf.
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