2016 in Kuwait

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Events in the year 2016 in Kuwait .

Incumbents

• Emir: Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
• Prime Minister: Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah

Events

• 22 April – representatives from the government of Yemen and from Houthi rebels met in Bayan Palace in Kuwait City in an effort to negotiate a resolution to the Yemeni civil war. ^[1]
• 24 June – Kuwait announced that it would sue the International Olympic Committee $1 billion for blocking athletes from competing in the 2016 Summer Olympics under the Kuwaiti flag due to alleged government interference in sports. ^[2]
• 21 July – Temperatures in Mitrabah reached 54.0 °C (129.2 °F), setting a record for highest temperature recorded in Asia. ^[3]
• 8 October – An Egyptian national rammed an explosives-laden garbage truck into a vehicle containing three American soldiers on a Kuwait City highway in "an attempted terrorist attack"; the Americans, unharmed, then saved the Egyptian from his burning vehicle. ^{[4] [5]}
• 16 October – Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah dissolved the Kuwait government and set new elections. ^{[6] [7]}
• 26 November – General elections held. Opposition candidates won 24 of the 50 seats in the National Assembly. ^[8]
• 21 December – after the victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 United States presidential election, the ambassador of Kuwait moved its annual Kuwaiti National Day event to the Trump International Hotel Washington DC. ^[9]

Deaths

• 4 October – Ibrahim Al-Soula, composer (b. 1935). ^[10]

References

1. Hussain Al-Qatari, "Yemen joins British foreign secretary for talks in Kuwait", The Delta Democrat-Times via Associated Press (April 22, 2016), p. A16.
2. "Kuwait seeks $lb suit against IOC", The Boston Globe (June 24, 2016), p. D2.
3. "WMO verifies 3rd and 4th hottest temperature recorded on Earth". public.wmo.int/en. World Meteorological Organization (WMO). 18 June 2019. Archived from the original on December 18, 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
4. "Kuwait arrests Egyptian after failed attack on U.S. soldiers", The Miami Herald (October 9, 2016), p. A22.
5. "U.S.: Soldiers saved would-be attacker", Richmond Times-Dispatch (October 10, 2016), p. A3.
6. Kuwait emir dissolves parliament over fuel price row BBC News (16 October 2016).
7. "National Assembly dissolved; vote due", The Philadelphia Inquirer via Deutsche Presse-Agentur (October 17, 2016), p. A04.
8. Kuwait poll: Opposition wins nearly half of parliament Al Jazeera, 27 November 2016
9. Jonathan O'Connell, "Kuwait moves D.C. gala to Trump hotel", The Boston Globe, via The Washington Post (December 21, 2016), p. A6.
10. Death of Ibrahim Al-Soula, composer of the Kuwaiti national anthem, Al-Hayat. Archived May 11, 2020, at the Wayback Machine