Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah

Sheikh Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah (; 12 April 1913 – 31 December 1977) was the Emir of Kuwait from 24 November 1965 until his death in 1977.

Biography The youngest son of Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, Sabah served as the president of the Police Directorate from 1953 to 1959, President of the public health department from 1959 to 1961, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1962 to 1963, and Prime Minister of Kuwait from 1963 to 1965.

Some of the attending heads of state at the 1967 Arab League Summit. From left to right: King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, Presented Abdullah Sallal of Yemen, Sabah and President Abd al-Rahman Arif of Iraq, Khartoum on 2 September 1967

He was appointed Crown Prince on 29 October 1962. Sabah succeeded his half-brother Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah upon his death in 1965. He suspended parliament in late August 1976 for four years, claiming it was acting against the nation. He was the 12th ruler in the family dynasty.