Ministry of Defense (Kuwait)

Ministry of Defense

Coat of arms of Kuwait
Ministerial Department overview
Formed	17 January 1962 (1962-01-17)
Preceding Ministerial Department	Kuwait Army Directorate of Public Security Force
Jurisdiction	Kuwait
Headquarters	Kuwait City
Motto	الله والوطن والامير God, Country and The Emir
Minister responsible	Khaled Al Jarrah Al Sabah Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Kuwait
Child Ministerial Department	Office of the Minister of Defense Military Office of Chief of General Staff of Kuwait Armed Forces Office of the Assistant Minister Offices of the Undersecretaries of the Assistant Minister
Website	www.mod.gov.kw

The Kuwait Ministry of Defense (Arabic: وزارة الدفاع الكويتية) is one of the governmental bodies of Kuwait. Its minister in charge is a member of the Cabinet of Kuwait. The current minister of defense is Khaled Al Jarrah Al Sabah.

Minister

On 1 July 1961, when the ministry was not of birth yet during Operation Vantage; the Kuwait Army was the defacto command leadership of the available armed forces since establishment and acted as official minister advising the Emir of Kuwait on course of action. The Kuwait Army redesignated in 1953 was founded 13 years before the enacting of the Kuwait ministry, mainly by Field Marshal Sheikh Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah in 1949.

List of ministers of defense and deputy prime ministers (1962-present)

The ministry has been headed by the following people since its inception in 1962:

#	Name	Portrait	Title	Tenure	Note
1	Mohammed Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah		Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense	1962-1964	Mohammed Al-Ahmad Kuwait Naval Base is named after him.
2	Saad Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah		Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense	1964-1978	14th Ruler and 4th Emir of Kuwait (2006) Saad Al-Abdullah Academy for Security Sciences which is in charge of training personnel of the Kuwait Police is named after him[1]
3	Salem Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah		Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense	1978-1988
4	Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah		Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense	1988-1991	Crown Prince of Kuwait (2006–Present)
5	Sheikh Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah		Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense	1991-1994	Ali Al-Sabah Military College which is in charge of training personnel of the Kuwait Armed Forces excluding the Kuwait Police is named after him.
6	Sheikh Ahmad Al-Homoud Al-Sabah		Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense	1994-1996
7	Salem Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah		Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense	1996-2001
8	Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah		Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense	2001-2011	Prime Minister of Kuwait (2011–Present)
9	Sheikh Ahmad Al Homoud Al Sabah		Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense	2011-2011
10	Ahmad Al Khalid Al Sabah[2]		Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense	2012-2013	(ret) Lieutenant General and Chief of the General Staff of the Kuwait Armed Forces (2009-2012)
11	Khaled Al Jarrah Al Sabah [3][4][5][6]		Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense	2013-	(ret) Lieutenant General and Chief of the General Staff of the Kuwait Armed Forces (2012-2013)

General functions

The major function of the ministry is to implement the government's defense policy and to govern all branches of the Kuwait Armed Forces.^[7] It is also responsible for the production, transfer, use, storage, and coordination of mines; and for mine clearance.^[7]

The ministry publishes a monthly magazine called Homat Al Watan.^[8]

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