Sheikh Salem Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (June 18, 1938 – October 8, 2007) was a senior member of the Al-Sabah

Al-Sabah

The House of Al Sabah is the ruling family of Kuwait. They are a clan from the Anizah tribe which migrated to Kuwait in the early 18th century from Najd . They are also from the Utub tribe. After reaching Kuwait, they entered in an alliance with the other families of the Utub such as Al-Khalifa...

 royal family of Kuwait

Kuwait

The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...

, as well the eldest son of the 12th Emir of Kuwait, HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah

Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah

Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, KCMG Emir of Kuwait from 1965 to 1977, and youngest son of Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah. Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah succeeded his half-brother Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah upon his death on November 24, 1965. He was the 12th ruler of the Al-Sabah dynasty of Kuwait,...

. He served as the Ambassador of Kuwait in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and several other European countries from the early 1960s to the mid-1970s. He then served as Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence minister, Foreign Minister, Interior Minister and Social Affairs Minister in different eras throughout his lifetime. He was also the Chairman of the Kuwait's POW and Kidnapped Committee, which even when he was seriously sick, his deputies at the committee would visit his home at Messila Palace to give him the latest news regarding the POW's in Iraq. Sheikh Salem is survived by his wife, Sheikha Badriya, and his four children.
He was the foreign minister of Kuwait from 1991 to 1992.