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Article: Emir Shaikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
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- APS Review Gas Market Trends
- Article date:
- June 29, 2009
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The Emir since late January 2006, Shaikh Sabah is a pragmatic man with liberal tendencies. But he is also cautious about reforms which may lead to a de-stabilisation of Kuwait, while resisting calls by the ruling family to dissolve parliament again.
In an unusual move, Shaikh Sabah on April 15, 2007 held a meeting with all the male members of al-Sabah family aged over 40 to express his discontent with their in-fighting. He told them: "Our constitution has no flaw; you are the flaws. The constitution will stay as it is There is no need to amend it There is no intention to dissolve the National Assembly".
The gathering came amid divisions between senior ...