Risk Management Report: Kuwait
Risk Management
Issue 984
- 08 Jan 2015
| 1 minute read
POLITICS: Kuwait has been governed by the Al-Sabah family since the 18th
century. It gained independence from Britain in 1961; a new constitution
written that year confirmed the hereditary monarchy, but gave significant
powers to an independent judiciary and an elected assembly. The emir –
currently Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah – retains final say and political
parties are banned. But the 50-member assembly has proven vibrant, and
Kuwaiti politics the most participatory in the Gulf. The downside of this
experiment in partial democracy has been the constant friction between the
elected parliament and the appointed government, which has often resulted
in paralysis of the state.
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