Kuwait's emir dissolves parliament and suspends the constitution

On 10 May 2024 Emir Mishal al-Ahmad al-Sabah dissolved Kuwait's National Assembly and suspended several constitutional articles for up to four years, with the cabinet assuming some of parliament's powers, citing chronic government–parliament gridlock. The move rolled back the Gulf's most assertive elected legislature and concentrated power in the ruling family — a significant democratic regression in the region's liveliest semi-parliamentary system.

Referenced entities

Politicians

Emir Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah head-of-state

Sources

Permalink: https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/4dac98fd-3118-4bd1-8d9d-e14ade03de6e

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's emir dissolves parliament and suspends the constitution [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/4dac98fd-3118-4bd1-8d9d-e14ade03de6e

Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals

Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Kuwait's emir dissolves parliament and suspends the constitution." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/4dac98fd-3118-4bd1-8d9d-e14ade03de6e.

BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers

@misc{tayyar-event-4dac98fd-3118-4bd1-8d9d-e14ade03de6e,
  title     = {{Kuwait's emir dissolves parliament and suspends the constitution}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/4dac98fd-3118-4bd1-8d9d-e14ade03de6e},
  urldate   = {2026-07-27},
  note      = {Event date: 2024-05-10. 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 July 27, 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@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,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 = {2026-07-27},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 2024-05-10. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.