KUWAIT: Emir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait has issued a decree authorizing Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Al-Sabah to serve temporarily as prime minister of the country, the Kuwait News Agency reported on Thursday.
He will stand in for PM Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, who has been assigned with taking on the duties of deputy Emir while Sheikh Mishal is out of the country.
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Sheikh Mishal became Emir of Juwait in December after the death of his predecessor, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, at the age of 86, Arab media reported.
