Sheikhs/Emirs of Kuwait
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since I756 the Al Sabah family is ruling Koweit



Sheiks/Emirs

I752 - I762   Sheikh Abu `Abd Allah Sabah I ibn (I762 - ??)
I762 - Feb I8I4   Sheikh Abdullah I ibn Sabah Al Sabah (I740 - I8I4)
Feb I8I4 - I859   Sheikh Jabir I ibn Abdullah Al Sabah (I770 - I859)
I859 - Nov I866   Sheikh Sabah II ibn Jabir Al Sabah (I8I0 - I866)
Nov I866 - May I892   Sheikh Abdullah II ibn Sabah Al Sabah (?? - I892)
May I892 - May I896   Sheikh Muhammad al Sabah Al Sabah (?? - I896)

I8 May I896 - 29 Nov I9I5 Sheikh Mubarak al-Lahab ibn Sabah (I837 - I9I5)
Al Sabah "the Great"

29 Nov I9I5 - 5 Feb I9I7 Sheikh Jabir II Al Mubarak Al Sabah (I860 - I9I7)
5 Feb I9I7 - 27 Feb I92I Sheikh Salim Al Mubarak Al Sabah (I864 - I92I)
27 Feb I92I - 29 Jan I950 Sheikh Ahmad Al Jabir Al Sabah (I885 - I950)
29 Jan I950 - 24 Nov I965 Sheikh/Emir Abdullah III Al Salim Al Sabah (I895 - I965)

Kowait bekame an Emirate June I9 I96I
24 Nov I965 - 3I Dec I977 Sheikh Sabah III Al Salim Al Sabah (I9I5 - I977)
3I Dec I977 - 4 Aug I990 Sheikh Jabir III Al Ahmad Al Jabir Al Sabah (born I926) Ist time

Iraqi-installed head of state
4 Aug I990 - 8 Aug I990 `Ala al-Husayn `Ali al-Khafaji (born I948 - )
Governor
22 Aug I990 - 27 Feb I99I `Ali Hasan al-Majid ("Chemical Ali")

again Sheikh/Emir

since 27 Feb I99I - Sheikh Jabir III Al Ahmad Al Jabir Al Sabah (born I926) (2nd time)
since 2I Sep 200I - Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah Al Salim (born I930) Al Sabah -Regent


Prime Ministers of Koweit
I7 Jan I962 - 2 Feb I963 Sheikh Jabir Al Ahmad Al Jabir (Ist time)
2 Feb I963 - 30 Nov I965 Sheikh Sabah Al Salim Al Sabah
30 Nov I965 - 8 Feb I978 Sheikh Jabir Al Ahmad Al Jabir Al Sabah (2nd time)
8 Feb I978 - 2I Sep 200I Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah Al Salim Al Sabah
since 2I Sep 200I Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah


British Political Agents
I904 - I909 Stuart George Knox (I869 - I956)
I909 - I9I5 William Henry Irvine Shakespear (I878 - I9I5)
I9I5 - 1916 William George Grey (I866 - I953)
I9I6 - I9I8 Robert Edward Archibald Hamilton (I87I - I950)
I9I8 Percy Gordon Loch (I887 - I953)
I9I8 - I920 Daniel Vincent MacCollum
I920 - I930 James Carmichale More (I883 - I959)
I930 - I936 Harold Richard Patrick Dickson (I88I - I959) (Ist time)
I936 - I939 Gerald Simpson H. DeGaury (I897 - I984)
I939 - I94I Arnold Crawshaw Galloway (I90I - I988) (Ist time)
I94I Harold Richard Patrick Dickson (I88I - I959) (2nd time)
I94I - I943 Tom Hickinbotham (I903 - I983)
I943 - I944 Cornelius James Pelly (I908 - I985) (Ist time)
I944 - 1945 Gordon Noel Jackson (I9I3 - I999)
I945 - I946 Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy (born I9I2)
I946 - I947 Arnold Crawshaw Galloway (I90I - I988) (2nd time)
I947 - I95I Herbert George Jakins
I95I - I955 Cornelius James Pelly (I908 - I985) (2nd time)
I955 - I957 Gawain Westray Bell (I909 - I995)
I957 - I959 Aubrey Seymour Halford-MacLeod (I9I4 - 2000)
I959 - I96I John Christopher Blake Richmond (I909 - I990)

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