2023 in Kuwait
overview of Kuwait-related events during the year of 2023
Events in the year 2023 in Kuwait.
Incumbents
Holidays
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1 January – Sunday – New Year's Day
19 February – Sunday – The Prophet's Ascension
25 February – Saturday – National Day
26 February – Sunday – Liberation Day
27 February – Monday – Public Sector & Bank Holiday in lieu of Kuwait National Day
21–25 April – Eid al-Fitr
27 June – Tuesday – Arafat Day
28–30 June – Eid al-Adha
1–2 July – Eid al-Adha
20 July – Thursday – Islamic New Year (In lieu of Wednesday 19 July)
28 September – Thursday – The Prophet's Birthday
17–19 December – Mourning for Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
31 December – Sunday – Public Sector & Bank Holiday in lieu of New Year's Day 2024
Events
March
19 March – The Constitutional Court ruled in favour of reinstating the previous parliament elected in 2020, citing discrepancies in the decree dissolving the previous parliament.
June
6 June - 2023 Kuwaiti general election: Kuwaitis return to the ballots again for the third time in three years following the second dissolution of the 16th session by Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
18 June – Kuwaiti Prime Minister Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah forms the 44th Cabinet following his reappointment, appointing Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah as the defense minister and Saad Al Barrak as the oil minister.
July
27 July – Kuwait executes five by hanging, including man convicted over ISIS mosque bombing in 2015 that had killed 26 people.
October
30 October – An Indian nurse from the Al Sabah Hospital was deported by the Kuwaiti government for her pro-Israel stance and calling Palestinians "terrorists".
November
26 November – Kuwait's highest court sentences former defense and interior minister Khaled Al Jarrah Al Sabah to seven years in prison for mishandling military funds while former Prime Minister Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, who faced similar charges, is only ordered by the court to return the funds that he mismanaged.
December
16 December –
Emir of Kuwait Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah dies at 86. His half-brother, Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, succeeds him as the new emir.
The government announced three-days holiday across the country and 40 days mourning with flags lowered at half-mast.
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