father native_name_lang predecessor house succession birth_place religion children parents native_name birth_date spouse article_title name reign
ahmad al-jaber al-sabah ara sabah al-ahmad al-jaber al-sabah house of sabah emir of kuwait kuwait city , sheikhdom of kuwait islam ahmad , faisal , abdullah , salem and sheikha ahmad al-jaber al-sabah yamama الشيخ نواف الأحمد الجابر الصباح 25 june 1937 sharifa sulaiman al-jasem nawaf al-ahmad al-jaber al-sabah
 nawaf al-ahmad al-jaber al-sabah 29 january 2006 -- present
nawaf al-ahmad al-jaber al-sabah

sheikh nawaf al-ahmad al-jaber al-sabah , crown prince of kuwait -lrb- arabic : الشيخ نواف الأحمد الجابر الصباح `` nawaf al-ahmad al-jābir as-sabāh '' , born 25 june 1937 -rrb- is the crown prince of kuwait and deputy commander of the military of kuwait .
he is a half-brother of the emir of kuwait , sabah al-ahmad al-jaber al-sabah .
nawaf was nominated as crown prince on 7 february 2006 against the tradition of the al-sabah family , according to which the offices of emir and crown prince alternate between the al-ahmad and al-salem branches .
