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Kuwait forms cabinet with new oil, finance and defence ministers

A view of a Kuwaiti parliament session in December 2020 [File: Stephanie McGehee/Reuters]

Kuwait’s fifth government in less than one year took the oath of office after elections returned an opposition-controlled parliament, setting the stage for further political turmoil in the oil-rich emirate.

Kuwait’s new government, which was sworn in on Monday, includes Saad al-Barrak as oil minister to replace Bader al-Mulla while Finance Minister Manaf Abdulaziz al-Hajri has kept his portfolio.

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