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Kuwait

الكويت כוויית

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This country appears on the regional map; its parties are not part of the current dataset.

Capital
Kuwait City
Population
4.3M
Independence
1961
Government
Constitutional emirate (no political parties; suspended legislature)
Head of state
Emir
Head of government
Prime Minister
Electoral system
Suspended (Emir dissolved Assembly May 2024)

Al Sabah dynasty since 1752. Most vocal Gulf parliament until Emir Mishal suspended it in 2024 for up to 4 years.

Timeline · 1 event

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2024
  • Confirmed Coalition collapsed May 10, 2024

    Emir Mishal dissolves National Assembly

    Kuwaiti Emir Mishal Al-Ahmad dissolved the National Assembly and suspended parts of the constitution for up to four years on 2024-05-10, ending Kuwait's tradition of a vocal elected parliament.

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How to cite

Each record carries a retrieval date because the dataset is live — individual entries update as verification deepens. Use the per-record citation when referencing this specific profile; use the dataset citation below when referencing the project as a whole.

In-text: (Gara, 2026)

Per-record citation

APA 7Reference list · academic default 
Gara, T. (2026). Kuwait [Country profile]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/c/KW
Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals 
Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Kuwait." Country profile, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/c/KW.
BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers 
@misc{tayyar-country-kw,
  title     = {{Kuwait}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Country profile},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/c/KW},
  urldate   = {2026-06-21},
  note      = {First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

Dataset / working-paper citation

If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.

APA 7Preprint 
Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper
BibTeXPreprint 
@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-06-21},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.