Kuwait

State of Kuwait
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Location  Middle East
Capital  Kuwait City
Area  17,818 sq km
Population  2,916,467

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January

January 1 January 2 January 3 January 4 Kuwaiti Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh was named Finance Minster of the Year in the Middle East by the reputed Banker Magazine on 4 January 2017. January 5 January 6 January 7 January 8 January 9 January 10 January 11 January 12 January 13 January 14 January 15 January 16 January 17 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas awarded Kuwait Representative to the UN headquarters in New York Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi the “Star of Jerusalem” medal on 17 January 2019 in recognition of his outstanding role and diplomatic efforts to support Arab causes. Kuwait successfully carried out its first ever liver transplant operation at the Mubarak Al Kabeer Hospital for a local patient whose liver functions suffered chronic failure, as revealed on 17 January 2018. January 18 January 19 January 20 January 21 January 22 January 23 January 24 January 25 January 26 January 27 January 28 January 29 January 30 January 31

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February

February 1 February 2 February 3 February 4 February 5 February 6 February 7 February 8 February 9 February 10 February 11 February 12 February 13 Kuwait banned smoking in all public places on 13 February 2012 which was attributed to promoting public health and preserving people's safety. February 14 February 15 February 16 February 17 February 18 February 19 February 20 February 21 February 22 February 23 February 24 February 25 February 26 February 27 Iraqi Airways resumed flights to Kuwait on 27 February 2013 for the first time since former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990 in a sign of improved bilateral ties. February 28 February 29

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March

March 1 President of the International Islamic Charitable Organization Dr. Abdullah AL-Matouq of Kuwait won the 2018 Istanbul Diplomacy Award in recognition of his contributions to the development of a vision for an integrated Islamic world. March 2 March 3 March 4 March 5 March 6 March 7 March 8 Sheikha Rima Al-Sabah, a National Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR in Kuwait, received the 2018 United Nations Women for Peace Association (UNWFPA)'s Peace Award for her extraordinary philanthropic work for over a decade. March 9 UNESCO and the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) granted Kuwaiti Engineer Bashayer Al-Awwad an award on 9 March 2018 for her contributions in engineering and philanthropy during her presidency of WFEO’s international women committee for four years. March 10 March 11 March 12 Kuwait’s Hamad Aladwani won gold in the men’s 400m T53 wheelchair race at the 2016 Paralympic Asia-Oceania Championships in Dubai. March 13 March 14 March 15 March 16 March 17 March 18 March 19 March 20 March 21 Two Kuwaiti teams on 21 March 2017 won first places on the final day of the 10th Arab Open Robotics Championship held in Qatar in the Smart Plane Robot and Line Tracking categories. March 22 March 23 Professor Abdullah bin Yousif Al-Ghunaim of Kuwait was named as the winner of the 2016 King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies in recognition of his distinguished research effort. March 24 Kuwait has discovered a new oil and gas field in the Western part of the country, in the al-Jathatheel region, as announced by the Kuwait Oil Company on 24 March 2016. The discovery is expected to provide a significant boost to the country's resource reserves. March 25 March 26 March 27 The Kuwait Ministry of Education and the National Center for Education Development (NCED) and the World Bank on 27 March 2015 launched a five-year reform program to improve the quality of general education in the country. March 28 March 29 March 30 March 31

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April

April 1 Bahrain's Authority for Culture and Antiquities on 1 April 2016 granted Kuwaiti novelist Saud Alsanousi the Mohammad Al-Banki Award for Cultural Personality of the Year in its third edition. April 2 April 3 April 4 April 5 April 6 April 7 April 8 On 8 April 2011 it was revealed that Kuwaiti inventors clinched three medals at the 39th Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions. Dr Turki Al Dhafiri received a silver medal, while Engineer Abdulmohsen Almoumen and Engineer Abdullah Al Hashash received a bronze medal each for their inventions that were ranked the best between over 1,000 innovations by a panel of expert judges. April 9 April 10 April 11 April 12 The World Bank Group on 12 April 2019 honored His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Amir of the State of Kuwait, for his exemplary role in supporting social and economic development at the global level. April 13 April 14 Kuwait on 14 April 2010 for the first time introduced a minimum wage of 60 dinars ($208.9) a month, marking an important step forward for the protection of workers in the country. April 15 April 16 Runner Mishal Al-Mutairi of Kuwait won the gold medal in the 200m competition at the 1st West Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Bahrain on 16 April 2016. Government of Kuwait on 16 April 2013 donated US$53 million to UNICEF as urgent assistance to the children of Syria. The funds will also provide safe water and sanitation facilities to protect Syrian families from disease, and to continue immunization campaigns against measles and polio. April 17 April 18 April 19 April 20 April 21 April 22 April 23 Kuwait and Kazakhstan on 23 April 2018 signed an agreement for mutual visa exemptions for holders of diplomatic passports and official (service) passports. Kuwaiti author Saud Alsanousi won the 2013 International Prize for Arabic Fiction for his portrayal of the lives of foreign workers in Gulf countries in his book The Bamboo Stalk. April 24 April 25 April 26 April 27 April 28 April 29 April 30

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May

May 1 May 2 May 3 May 4 May 5 May 6 May 7 May 8 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 12 May 13 The third edition of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Games, a multi-sport event for the GCC countries, was held in Kuwait from 13-31 May 2022. May 14 May 15 May 16 On 16 May 2005, the Kuwaiti parliament granted women the right to vote and stand in parliamentary and local elections. May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22 May 23 May 24 May 25 May 26 May 27 May 28 May 29 May 30 Kuwait clinched the gold medal at the 2016 InfoMatrix international computer project competition in the Lego Line Follower subcategory in Romania. May 31

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June

June 1 Kuwait took over the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), for the third time in its history, on 1 June 2019. June 2 The United Nations General Assembly on 2 June 2017 elected Kuwait as a non-permanent member of the Security Council for two years starting on 1 January 2018. June 3 June 4 June 5 June 6 June 7 June 8 June 9 June 10 June 11 June 12 Kuwait and Iraq on 12 June 2013 signed six agreements and memorandums of understanding following official talks between visiting Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheik Jaber Al Mubarak Al Sabah and his Iraqi counterpart Nouri al-Maliki in Bagdad. The agreements were aimed at improving bilateral ties in the economic, transportation and other sectors. Kuwait and other thirty-seven countries met internationally-set hunger eradication targets set for 2015 to halve the percentage of hungry people well ahead of time, the United Nations food agency revealed on 12 June 2013. June 13 E-Learning and Virtual Classroom System, a Learning Management System from Kuwait, won an award at the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Prizes 2017 in the e-learning category. June 14 June 15 June 16 June 17 June 18 June 19 June 20 June 21 Kuwaiti runner Yacoub Al-Youha emerged victorious at the 2023 Arab Athletic Championship, securing the gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles competition in Morocco. June 22 Kuwaiti mountaineer Fuad Qabazard succeeded, for the second time in two years, in climbing Mount Everest, as revealed on 22 June 2017. June 23 June 24 June 25 June 26 June 27 June 28 June 29 June 30

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July

July 1 July 2 July 3 July 4 July 5 July 6 July 7 July 8 Kuwait's Sheikh Talal Fahad Al Ahmad Al Sabah was elected as the new President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) on 8 July 2023 at the OCA General Assembly in Bangkok. July 9 July 10 July 11 July 12 July 13 July 14 July 15 July 16 July 17 Kuwait named an ambassador to Iraq on 17 July 2008, its first since the 1991 Gulf War, in a major step toward healing the two countries' painful past and renewing regional ties with Baghdad's postwar government. July 18 July 19 July 20 July 21 Kuwait ShinKyokushin Karate team won the first and second place in the Karate Dream Festival 2024 International Championship in Japan. July 22 July 23 July 24 July 25 Kuwait National Jet Ski team on 25 July 2021 achieved the 1st, 4th, and 16th places in the Euro Jet Ski World Grand Prix in Poland. July 26 July 27 July 28 July 29 July 30 July 31

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August

August 1 August 2 August 3 August 4 August 5 August 6 August 7 August 8 August 9 August 10 August 11 August 12 August 13 August 14 August 15 Kuwaiti photographer Majed Alza’abi was announced as the Overall Winner at the Bird Photographer of the Year 2020 for his image titled End of the Day. August 16 August 17 August 18 August 19 August 20 August 21 August 22 Kuwaiti racer Sheikh Jaber Azbi Al-Sabah won the 19th race of the seventh round of the Formula 4 (F4) season in the United Kingdom, on 22 August 2026, his second consecutive victory of the campaign. August 23 August 24 August 25 August 26 August 27 Kuwait and Pakistan signed a joint defense and military cooperation agreement on 27 August 2026 during a visit by Kuwait’s defense minister Sheikh Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah to Islamabad. August 28 August 29 August 30 Kuwait’s rider Ali Alkhorafi won a gold medal in the men’s individual jumping category of the equestrian discipline’s final at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on 30 August 2018. August 31

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September

September 1 Kuwait and the Federated States of Micronesia signed an agreement to establish diplomatic relations between the two countries at a ceremony held at the Permanent Mission of Kuwait to the United Nations in New York on 1 September 2016. September 2 September 3 September 4 September 5 September 6 September 7 September 8 September 9 Amir of Kuwait His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was recognized as the Humanitarian Leader by the United Nations on 9 September 2016 for his support to the UN's humanitarian works. September 10 Ahmad Almutairi of Kuwait won Men's 100m - T33 Racing gold at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in Brazil. September 11 September 12 September 13 September 14 Kuwait and Palestine on 14 September 2014 inked an agreement and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on political cooperation between the two Arab countries. The agreement stipulates for the creation of a joint committee for political cooperation between the two governments and the MoU stipulates for the political consultation between Kuwaiti and Palestinian foreign ministries. September 15 September 16 September 17 The University of Utah in the United States of America on 17 September 2026 conferred the inaugural Distinguished Alumni Impact Award on His Excellency Mr Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi of Kuwait, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). September 18 September 19 September 20 September 21 September 22 September 23 September 24 September 25 September 26 September 27 September 28 September 29 September 30 Kuwaiti Skeet shooters Abdullah Al-Rashid won gold at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games after getting the prefect score of 16 clay targets.

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October

October 1 October 2 October 3 October 4 October 5 October 6 October 7 October 8 October 9 October 10 October 11 October 12 October 13 October 14 Kuwait was ranked as the tenth Most Empathetic Country in the world according to a study by Michigan State University published on 14 October 2016. The study measured people’s compassion for others and their tendency to imagine others’ point of view. October 15 October 16 The Arab Parliament honoured Kuwaiti girl Ghala Al-Mutairi on 16 October 2021, who recently won the position of second deputy speaker of the Arab Parliament for the child in its second session. October 17 October 18 October 19 October 20 October 21 October 22 October 23 October 24 October 25 October 26 October 27 Kuwait was elected as a council member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on 27 October 2014 for four years from the East Asia & Australasia region. ITU is the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies. October 28 October 29 October 30 October 31

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November

November 1 Kuwait was named as the most positive country from Asia at the World’s Most Positive Countries 2016. November 2 November 3 November 4 November 5 November 6 November 7 November 8 November 9 November 10 November 11 November 12 Kuwait and Kenya on 12 November 2013 signed two agreements concerning the avoidance of double taxation and the encouragement and reciprocal protection of investments. The agreements are aimed at removing obstacles hindering capital flow and trade exchange between Kuwait and Kenya. November 13 November 14 November 15 Photographer Majed Ali of Kuwait won the First Prize at the 2017 National Wildlife Federation Photo Contest in the Mammals category. November 16 November 17 November 18 November 19 November 20 November 21 November 22 November 23 November 24 November 25 November 26 November 27 November 28 November 29 November 30 Sheikha Intisar Alsabah, founder of non-profit initiative Alnowair, and well-known singer Nawal of Kuwait won the Arab Women Awards 2017 in London.

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December

December 1 December 2 December 3 Kuwait on 3 December 2012 endorsed a set of United Nations principles known as the Paris Commitments, to end the recruitment and use of children by armed forces and groups. December 4 December 5 December 6 December 7 December 8 December 9 December 10 December 11 December 12 December 13 December 14 December 15 December 16 December 17 December 18 December 19 December 20 December 21 December 22 December 23 December 24 December 25 December 26 December 27 December 28 December 29 December 30 December 31

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