Khaled Al Jarrah Al Sabah
Khaled Al Jarrah Al Sabah is a Kuwaiti lieutenant general, who retired from military services after being appointed as minister of Defence, to succeed Lt Gen Sheikh Ahmed Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. He has been Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence from 4 August 2013 to 11 December 2017. He is a member of the ruling family of Kuwait, Al Sabah.Career
Sabah was appointed as the Chief of General Staff of the Kuwaiti Armed Forces on 4 March 2012. He held the rank of lieutenant general and retired from the Kuwaiti Armed Forces. He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense on 4 August 2013. He replaced Ahmad Al Khalid Al Sabah in both posts. In 2017 he was transferred to the interior ministry. In 2019 he was dismissed for a parliamentary no-confidence and publicly quarreling with the emir's son, the new defence minister, about the funds that the defence ministry administered during Khalied's tenure.
