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class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MOFA_Logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/MOFA_Logo.png/200px-MOFA_Logo.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/MOFA_Logo.png/300px-MOFA_Logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/MOFA_Logo.png/400px-MOFA_Logo.png 2x" data-file-width="2220" data-file-height="1015" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Ministerial Department overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data">1961<span class="noprint">; 63 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1961</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceding Ministerial Department</th><td class="infobox-data"><style 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title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">وزارة الخارجية</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">wizāra al-khārijiyya</i></span>) is one of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Kuwait" title="Government of Kuwait">governmental bodies</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a> and part of the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Kuwait" title="Cabinet of Kuwait">cabinet</a>. It was established in 1961. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_overview">History and overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Kuwait)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History and overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1961, a Foreign Affairs Department Bureau was established in Kuwait to organize the foreign relations of the country which was soon relaunched as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, becoming the first ministerial body of the country.<sup id="cite_ref-aldiw_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aldiw-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first foreign minister of Kuwait was <a href="/wiki/Sabah_Al_Salim_Al_Sabah" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabah Al Salim Al Sabah">Sabah Al Salim Al Sabah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was followed by <a href="/wiki/Sabah_Al-Ahmad_Al-Jaber_Al-Sabah" title="Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah">Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-aldiw_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aldiw-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs delegates <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Kuwait" title="List of diplomatic missions of Kuwait">ambassadors</a> and <a href="/wiki/Military_attach%C3%A9" title="Military attaché">military attachés</a> bureau in foreign <a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_mission" title="Diplomatic mission">diplomatic missions</a> in countries such as the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, China, Italy and Korea. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Algeria)">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Relations_(Angola)" title="Ministry of External Relations (Angola)">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_African_Integration_(Benin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and African Integration (Benin)">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_International_Cooperation_(Botswana)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Botswana)">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Relations_and_International_Cooperation_(Burundi)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of External Relations and International Cooperation (Burundi)">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Egypt)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Egypt)">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_International_Cooperation_(Equatorial_Guinea)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Equatorial Guinea)">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Eritrea)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Eritrea)">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_International_Cooperation_(Eswatini)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Eswatini)">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Ethiopia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ethiopia)">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Kenya)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kenya)">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_International_Relations_(Lesotho)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations (Lesotho)">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Liberia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Liberia)">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Mauritania)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mauritania)">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs,_African_Cooperation_and_Moroccan_Expatriates" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs,_Cooperation_and_African_Integration" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and African Integration">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_Cooperation_(Rwanda)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Rwanda)">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs,_Cooperation_and_Communities" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Seychelles)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Seychelles)">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Somalia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Somalia)">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Somaliland)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Somaliland)">Somaliland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_International_Relations_and_Cooperation" title="Department of International Relations and Cooperation">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_International_Cooperation_(South_Sudan)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (South Sudan)">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Sudan)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Sudan)">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_East_African_Cooperation" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Tunisia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Tunisia)">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Uganda)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Uganda)">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Zambia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Zambia)">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Zimbabwe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Zimbabwe)">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs,_Trade_and_Barbuda_Affairs" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Barbuda Affairs">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_Worship" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Bahamas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bahamas)">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs,_Foreign_Trade_and_International_Business_(Barbados)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business (Barbados)">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Belize)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Belize)">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Bolivia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bolivia)">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Brazil)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Brazil)">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Global_Affairs_Canada" title="Global Affairs Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Chile)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Chile)">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Colombia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Colombia)">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_Worship_(Costa_Rica)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship (Costa Rica)">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Cuba)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Cuba)">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Relations_(Dominican_Republic)" title="Ministry of External Relations (Dominican Republic)">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Guatemala)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Guatemala)">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Guyana)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Guyana)">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Haiti)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Haiti)">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_Foreign_Trade_(Jamaica)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (Jamaica)">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretariat_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Mexico)" title="Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)">Mexico</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Bahrain)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bahrain)">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Bangladesh)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh)">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Bhutan)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bhutan)">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Brunei)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Brunei)">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_International_Cooperation_(Cambodia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Cambodia)">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(China)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (China)">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_Cooperation_(East_Timor)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (East Timor)">East Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of External Affairs (India)">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Indonesia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Indonesia)">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran)">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Iraq)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iraq)">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Israel)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Japan)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Kazakhstan)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kazakhstan)">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Kyrgyzstan)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kyrgyzstan)">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Laos)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Laos)">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_Emigrants_(Lebanon)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants (Lebanon)">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Malaysia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Malaysia)">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Maldives)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Maldives)">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Myanmar)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Myanmar)">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Mongolia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mongolia)">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Nepal)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Nepal)">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(North_Korea)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (North Korea)">North Korea</a></li> 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