Events on This Day in Kuwait
The text reviews various historical milestones in Kuwait, including the establishment of the Olympic Committee, diplomatic relations, economic events, political deaths, and official appointments up to 2025.
Translated by Qiyas from كونا — Original source
Kuwait City, September 29 (KUNA) – Historical milestones:
1957: The Kuwait Olympic Committee was established, comprising federations for football, basketball, volleyball, athletics, and cycling.
1971: The State of Kuwait established diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level with Mauritania.
1984: The Kuwait Stock Exchange building was inaugurated. Kuwaitis’ familiarity with stock trading dates back to 1952, when the first Kuwaiti joint-stock company, National Bank of Kuwait, was founded and offered its shares to the public.
1984: Kuwait’s Amir, Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, issued an emiri decree authorizing the Central Bank of Kuwait to issue a new twenty-dinar banknote.
1994: Poet Abdullah Al-Duwaish died at the age of 73. He was one of the most prominent folk poets who wrote Nabati poetry, Zuhairiyat, and Mawal, and was among the founders of the Kuwait Artists Association and the Writers’ Association.
1998: The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development signed a loan agreement with Pakistan worth $30 million to rebuild a power station in Punjab.
1999: Navigator Ghanem Al-Othman returned after a sea voyage during which he visited more than 30 countries and islands in a 46-foot boat. He was the first Gulf Arab to circumnavigate the globe by sea in a record time of one and a half years.
2020: The National Assembly approved the new Bankruptcy Bill, aimed at reorganizing the legal framework for bankruptcy provisions and rules for debt restructuring.
2020: The National Assembly approved a legislative proposal to convert Kuwait Airways Company into a joint-stock company.
2020: Kuwait’s Amir, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, passed away at the age of 91. The late ruler was the 15th Emir of Kuwait, having assumed office on January 29, 2006. The Cabinet announced an official mourning period of 40 days and the closure of government offices for three days.
2020: The Cabinet proclaimed Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah as the new Amir of Kuwait, succeeding the late Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
2022: The Arab Women Business Council nominated Sheikh Dr. Hessa Al-Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah as its president for a four-year term (2022–2026).
2022: Voting began to elect members of the National Assembly (2022) in its 17th legislative term, under the single-vote electoral system.
2025: The Ministry of Health announced that Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Faris, Head of the Intensive Care Unit at Al-Amiri Hospital, was elected to the board of directors of the World Association of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine. (End) M.B.R./N.S.N.
