Kuwait Court Sentences Former Interior Minister to 3 Years in Prison

Kuwait's highest court has sentenced a former Interior Minister to three years in prison for financial misconduct. The Court of Cassation on Monday convicted Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah of incidents related to secret expenditures and imposed a fine of 3,000 dinars ($9,700).

Al-Sabah, 59, has held significant government positions, including First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior from October 2022 to January 2024. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense from March 2022 to October 2022.

This ruling follows a previous sentencing in January 2025, where Kuwait's Ministers Court handed him a 14-year prison term for embezzling funds from both the Ministries of Defense and Interior. In that case, he was ordered to return approximately 10 million dinars and fined 20 million dinars. Separate judgments in the defense and interior expenditure cases detailed seven-year sentences for each, along with orders to return millions in embezzled funds and substantial fines.