1986 in Kuwait

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Events from the year 1986 in Kuwait .

Incumbents

• Emir: Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah ^[1]
• Prime Minister: Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah ^[2]

Events

• June - Saboteurs bomb three oil pipelines and the head of a high-pressure oil well, almost causing a shutdown of Kuwait's oil industry. ^{[3] [4] [5]}
• 2 July - An assassination attempt is made against Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. ^[6]
• 3 July - The Emir dissolves the National Assembly and suspended several articles of the constitution to rule by decree, citing a foreign conspiracy. ^{[1] [7] [8]}
• 11 July - The 12th government of Kuwait resigned. ^[9]
• 12 July - The Emir issues a decree for the formation of a 13th government. ^{[10] [2]}
• 27 November - Kuwait Stock Exchange inaugurated the main trading hall. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Sports

• Kazma SC win the Kuwait Premier League. ^[14]

Births

• 8 October - Hamad Al-Enezi. ^[15]
• 11 December - Ali Maqseed.

References

1. "Kuwait dissolves its parliament". The New York Times . 8 July 1986 [4 July 1986]. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
2. "Timeline: Kuwait forms 40th cabinet under 60 years of governance". Times Kuwait . 2 August 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2025. On 12 July 1986, the thirteenth cabinet was formed under the leadership of Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, and 21 ministers.
3. Zahlan, Rosemarie Said (1989). Making of the Modern Persian Gulf States: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman. London: Unwin Hyman. p. 44. ISBN   0044452934.
4. Terrill, W. Andrew (September 2007). Kuwaiti national security and the U.S.-Kuwaiti strategic relationship after Saddam (PDF). Strategic Studies Institute. p. 61. ISBN   1-58487-305-1.
5. "Kuwaiti oil field fires extinguished". United Press International . 19 June 1986. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
6. Nosova, Anastasia (September 2016). The merchant elite and parliamentary politics in Kuwait: The dynamics of business political participation in a rentier state (PDF) (PhD thesis). London School of Economics. p. 165. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
7. Arundel, John (4 June 1991). "Kuwaitis protest government". United Press International . Retrieved 22 November 2025.
8. Alabdali, Omar; Allarkia, Luai (27 June 2024). "Speculation Is Rife About the Future of Kuwait's Parliament". New Lines Magazine. Retrieved 22 November 2025. Before the assembly could act, Emir Jaber al-Ahmad unconstitutionally dissolved it on July 3, 1986.
9. "Kuwait witnesses 36 governments in 57 years". Arab Times . 18 December 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2025. ...forced parliament's dissolution in 1986, triggering the government's resignation on July 11...
10. "Today in Kuwait's history". Kuwait Times . 12 July 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
11. "Today in Kuwait's history". Kuwait Times . 27 September 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
12. "FAIPS-DPS students visit Boursa Kuwait for hands-on learning". Times Kuwait . 25 September 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2025. Officially inaugurated in September 1984, Boursa Kuwait began its stock exchange operations in 1986
13. "Today in Kuwait's History". Kuwait News Agency . 27 September 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
14. Schöggl, Hans; Stokkermans, Karel (13 Dec 2018). "Kuwait 1985/86". RSSSF . Retrieved 22 November 2025.
15. "Hamad Al Enezi Biography". ESPN . Retrieved 22 November 2025.