Kuwait reappoints oil, finance minister in new cabinet

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah issued a decree on Tuesday approving a new cabinet that reappointed the oil and finance ministers, the state news agency said.
The current government had been acting in a caretaker capacity since resigning in January in a standoff with parliament.
Oil Minister Mohammad Abdulatif Al-Fares, Finance Minister Khalifa Hamade and Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah were reappointed in the new cabinet.