A handout photo provided by the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA shows Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah (L) handing over the government's resignation letter to the Emir of Kuwait H H Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah on October 30, 2017, in Ku
Kuwait Emir reappointed his prime minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak on Wednesday and asked him to form a cabinet, the official state news agency said on Wednesday, after the government stepped down earlier this week in an expected cabinet reshuffle.
The cabinet had resigned ahead of planned vote of no-confidence in parliament against Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Information Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah
The major oil producer has the oldest legislature among the Gulf Arab states and experiences frequent cabinet resignations amid tensions between the government and lawmakers.
Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak al-Sabah had tendered his resignation on Monday.
