2021 in Kuwait
Events in the year 2021 in Kuwait.
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| See also: | Other events of 2021 List of years in Kuwait Timeline of Kuwaiti history | ||||
Incumbents
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Emir of Kuwait | Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah |
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Prime Minister of Kuwait | Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah |
Events
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Kuwait
February
- 14 February – Kuwait surpasses 1,000 deaths after reporting 5 new deaths in the past 24 hours.[1]
July
- 23 July - Kuwait competes at the 2020 Summer Olympics with 10 competitors in 5 sports. Lara Dashti became the first Kuwaiti woman to be the flagbearer for Kuwait at any Olympics.
- 26 July - Abdullah Al-Rashidi won the bronze medal at Shooting in the 2020 Summer Olympics
Deaths
- 25 February – Mashari Al-Ballam, actor (b. 1971).[2]
- 29 March – Abeer Al Khader, actress.[3]
- 13 April – Jamal Al-Qabendi, footballer (b. 1959).
- 31 July – Intisar Al-Sharrah, actress (b. 1962).[4]
- 4 August - Latifa Al Barrak, first female Kuwaiti teacher (third Kuwaiti teacher) (b. 1927).
- 8 October - Faisal Al-Hajji Bukhadour, former information minister & state minister for cabinet affairs. (b. 1946)
- 15 October - Khaled Al-Siddiq, Director. (b. 1945)
- 11 December - Sheikh Duaij Khalifah Al-Abdullah Al-Khalifah Al-Sabah, poet. (b. 1971)[5]
References
- @KUWAIT_MOH (14 February 2021). "تعلن #وزارة_الصحة عن تأكيد إصابة 798 حالة جديدة، وتسجيل 765 حالة شفاء، و 5 حالات وفاة جديدة بـ #فيروس_كورونا_المستجدّ COVID-19 ، ليصبح إجمالي عدد الحالات 177,701 حالة" (Tweet) (in Arabic) – via Twitter.
- "وفاة الفنان مشاري البلام بكورونا". جريدة القبس. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- "وفاة الفنانة الكويتية عبير خضر إثر اصابتها بكورونا". alarabiya.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- "Kuwaiti actress Intisar Al Sharrah dies in London after battle with ailment". Gulf News. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- "Amiri Diwan mourns death of Sheikh Duaij Al-Khalifah". Kuwait News Agency (KUNA). Retrieved 2021-12-11.
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