# 2023 in Kuwait

Events in the year 2023 in Kuwait.

## Incumbents

| Post | Name |
| Emir of Kuwait | Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Until 16 December) |
| Emir of Kuwait | Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Starting 16 December) |
| Prime Minister of Kuwait | Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah |

## Holidays

Source:
* 1 January – Sunday – New Year's Day
* 19 February – Sunday – The Prophet's Ascension
* 25 February – Saturday – National Day
* 26 February – Sunday – Liberation Day
* 27 February – Monday – Public Sector & Bank Holiday in lieu of Kuwait National Day
* 21–25 April – Eid al-Fitr
* 27 June – Tuesday – Arafat Day
* 28–30 June – Eid al-Adha
* 1–2 July – Eid al-Adha
* 20 July – Thursday – Islamic New Year (In lieu of Wednesday 19 July)
* 28 September – Thursday – The Prophet's Birthday
* 17–19 December – Mourning for Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
* 31 December – Sunday – Public Sector & Bank Holiday in lieu of New Year's Day 2024

## Events
### March

* 19 March – The Constitutional Court ruled in favour of reinstating the previous parliament elected in 2020, citing discrepancies in the decree dissolving the previous parliament.

### June

* 6 June - 2023 Kuwaiti general election: Kuwaitis return to the ballots again for the third time in three years following the second dissolution of the 16th session by Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
* 18 June – Kuwaiti Prime Minister Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah forms the 44th Cabinet following his reappointment, appointing Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah as the defense minister and Saad Al Barrak as the oil minister.

### July

* 27 July – Kuwait executes five by hanging, including man convicted over ISIS mosque bombing in 2015 that had killed 26 people.

### November

* 26 November – Kuwait's highest court sentences former defense and interior minister Khaled Al Jarrah Al Sabah to seven years in prison for mishandling military funds while former Prime Minister Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, who faced similar charges, is only ordered by the court to return the funds that he mismanaged.

### December

* 16 December –
** Emir of Kuwait Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah dies at 86. His half-brother, Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, succeeds him as the new emir.
** The government announced three-days holiday across the country and 40 days mourning with flags lowered at half-mast. Malls and Complexes were closed from 16th to 18th, other than essentials. Ministry and State Institutions had holidays from 17th to 19th. Flags lowered at half-mast at all ministries, state agencies and main roads for a 40 day period.
* 20 December –
** Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah took oath at a special National Assembly session becoming the 17th Emir of the State of Kuwait.
** Emir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives government resignation from Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.

## Deaths

* 26 February – Ali Al-Baghli (aged 75), politician
* 6 April — Saad Zenefer Al-Azmi (aged 73), former National Assembly member (2009-2011)
* 12 May - Abdulkareem Abdulqadir [ar] (aged 81), singer
* 25 May – Ahmad Johar (aged 65), actor
* 27 August – Sheikh Khaled Al-Saeedi, Imam of the Grand Mosque of Kuwait
* 15 December – Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain (aged 87), poet, writer and businessman
* 16 December – Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (aged 86), the 16th Ruler of Kuwait and the 7th Emir of the State of Kuwait, (b. 1937)