• Al Hajri was appointed finance minister in April by prime minister during cabinet reshuffle

Arab News

Kuwait’s Finance Minister Manaf Abdulaziz Al Hajri has submitted his resignation after three months in office the Kuwait News Agency KUNA reported.

The resignation was approved by Ahmed Al-Sadoun, Kuwait’s national assembly speaker during a meeting on Tuesday. 

Al Hajri was appointed as finance minister in April by the prime minister during the cabinet reshuffle. 

A general election in September had delivered a mandate for change, bringing 27 new lawmakers to the 50-member assembly. 

However, in March, Kuwait’s Constitutional Court annulled the decree dissolving the previous parliament and reinstated it. 

A few weeks later, the ruling Al Sabah family dissolved that parliament for a second time, setting up the most recent vote, in which most of the lawmakers elected in September regained their seats.