Faisal H. M. Al-Sabah

Faisal Hmoud Al Malek Al-Sabah (born 11 December 1963) is a member of Kuwait's ruling family, a high ranking diplomat, and was recently appointed the governor of Al Farwaniyah Governorate holding the rank of minister. Al-Sabah earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in Political Science and Economics. Al-Sabah then started his political career as the Director of Protocol at the Al-Diwan Al-Amiri of His Highness the Crown Prince and Prime Minister from 1986 to 2003. From then on Al-Sabah assumed a position as the undersecretary at the Al-Diwan Al-Amiri of the Prime Minister. That year Al-Sabah was appointed as the Kuwaiti ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, and the non-resident Ambassador to Mauritius. In 2007 Al-Sabah was appointed as the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Jordan, and the non-resident Ambassador to Palestine and Iraq.

Personal life

Al-Sabah is married with two sons and two daughters.

Positions

• Head of the committee that planned Kuwait's forty anniversary for the countries independence, and tenth year of liberation.
• Member of the committee for the Al Sabah royal family affairs.
• General Coordinator of the headquarters of the Kuwaiti government during its presence at its headquarters in Taif, Saudi Arabia, in the 1990 Gulf War.
• Assistant Chairman and Director General for the committee of ceremonies of many of the Arab and Islamic summits.
• Board member of Warbah insurance company.
• Member of the ruling family
• Director of Protocol at the Diwan of the Crown Prince and Prime Minister. 1986
• Under-secretary of the Diwan of the Prime Minister (Bayan Palace) 2003.
• Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the Sultanate of Oman and the non-resident Ambassador to the Republic Mauritius 2004 − 2007
• Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and the non-resident Ambassador to Palestine and Iraq

Honors

• Al Numan honorary decoration from the Sultan of Oman in 2007
• A State decoration from the President of to the Republic Mauritius 2007.
• The Independence decoration of the first degree awarded by the King of Jordan, 2010
• The decoration of Jerusalem in the first degree, from President Mahmoud Abbas 2010.

References

• http://abu-malek.com/
• http://www.royalark.net/Kuwait/kuwait2.htm