Emir of Kuwait#Emirs of Kuwait (1752–present)

Succession to the throne of Kuwait was limited to the descendants of Mubarak Al-Sabah. The position of emir was also traditionally alternated between the two main branches of the Al Sabah family, the Al-Ahmed and Al-Salem branches. The reigning emir must appoint an heir apparent within one year of his accession to the throne; the nominee for consideration as crown prince has to be a senior member of the Al Sabah family.

The prime minister is appointed by the emir.

Annual compensation for the emir was defined. The annual compensation was set to 50 million KWD as of 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/84521/1/show-us-the-money_V1.pdf|title=Show us the money – Oil Revenues, Undisclosed Allocations and Accountability in Budgets of the GCC States|access-date=2019-12-19|archive-date=2023-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629074545/http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/84521/1/show-us-the-money_V1.pdf|url-status=live}}

{{Succession table monarch

| name1 = Sheikh
Sabah I bin Jaber

| nickname1 = Sabah I

| native1 = {{lang|ar|صباح بن جابر}}

| life1 = {{circa}} 1700–1762
(aged 61–62)

| reignstart1 = 1752

| reignend1 = 1762

| notes1 = According to the official Kuwaiti sources, Sabah I was unanimously chosen for the position of sheikh.Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman, and Central Arabia, Geographical, Volume 1, Historical Part 1, John Gordon Lorimer,1905, p1000

| family1 = Al Sabah

| image1 =

| alt1 = Sabah I bin Jaber of Kuwait

| name2 = Sheikh
Abdullah I Al-Sabah

| nickname2 = Abdullah I

| native2 = {{lang|ar|عبدالله الأول الصباح}}

| life2 = 1740–1814
(aged 73–74)

| reignstart2 = 1762

| reignend2 = 3 May 1814

| notes2 = Youngest son of Sabah I bin Jaber

| family2 = Al Sabah

| image2 =

| alt2 = Abdullah I Al-Sabah of Kuwait

| name3 = Sheikh
Jaber I Al-Sabah

| nickname3 = Jaber I

| native3 = {{lang|ar|جابر الصباح}}

| life3 = 1775–1859
(aged 83–84)

| reignstart3 = 3 May 1814

| reignend3 = 1859

| notes3 = Eldest son of Abdullah I Al-Sabah

| family3 = Al Sabah

| image3 =

| alt3 = Jaber I Al-Sabah of Kuwait

| name4 = Sheikh
Sabah II Al-Sabah

| nickname4 = Sabah II

| native4 = {{lang|ar|صباح الثاني الصباح}}

| life4 = 1784–1866
(aged 81–82)

| reignstart4 = 1859

| reignend4 = November 1866

| notes4 = Eldest son of Jaber I Al-Sabah

| family4 = Al Sabah

| image4 =

| alt4 = Sabah II Al-Sabah of Kuwait

| name5 = Sheikh
Abdullah II Al-Sabah

| nickname5 = Abdullah II

| native5 = {{lang|ar|عبدالله الثاني الصباح}}

| life5 = 1814–1892
(aged 77–78)

| reignstart5 = November 1866

| reignend5 = 1892

| notes5 = Eldest son of Sabah II Al-Sabah

| family5 = Al Sabah

| image5 =

| alt5 = Abdullah II Al-Sabah of Kuwait

| name6 = Sheikh
Muhammad bin Sabah Al-Sabah

| nickname6 = Muhammad I

| native6 = {{lang|ar|محمد الصباح}}

| life6 = 1838–1896
(aged 57–58)

| reignstart6 = May 1892

| reignend6 = 1896

| notes6 = Second son of Sabah II Al-Sabah

| family6 = Al Sabah

| image6 = الشيخ-محمد-بن-صباح-الصباح.jpg

| alt6 = Muhammad Al-Sabah of Kuwait

| name7 = Sheikh
Mubarak Al-Sabah

| nickname7 = Mubarak I the Great

| native7 = {{lang|ar|مبارك الصباح}}

| life7 = 1837 – 28 November 1915
(aged 77-78)

| reignstart7 = 18 May 1896

| reignend7 = 28 November 1915

| notes7 = Son of Sabah II Al-Sabah

| family7 = Al Sabah

| image7 = Mubarak bin Sabah as-Sabah.jpg

| alt7 = Mubarak Al-Sabah of Kuwait

| name8 = Sheikh
Jaber II Al-Sabah

| nickname8 = Jaber II

| native8 = {{lang|ar|جابر الثاني الصباح}}

| life8 = 1860 – 5 February 1917
(aged 56–57)

| reignstart8 = 28 November 1915

| reignend8 = 5 February 1917

| notes8 = Eldest son of Mubarak Al-Sabah

| family8 = Al Sabah

| image8 = الشيخ جابر المبارك الصباح حاكم الكويت.jpg

| alt8 = Jaber II Al-Sabah of Kuwait

| name9 = Sheikh
Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah

| nickname9 = Salim I

| native9 = {{lang|ar|سالم المبارك الصباح}}

| life9 = 1864 – 23 February 1921
(aged 56–57)

| reignstart9 = 5 February 1917

| reignend9 = 23 February 1921

| notes9 = Second son of Mubarak Al-Sabah

| family9 = Al Sabah

| image9 = Salim bin Mubarak as-Sabah.jpg

| alt9 = Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah of Kuwait

| name10 = Sheikh
Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

| nickname10 = Ahmad I

| native10 = {{lang|ar|احمد الجابر الصباح}}

| life10 = 1885 – 29 January 1950
(aged 64–65)

| reignstart10 = 29 March 1921

| reignend10 = 29 January 1950

| notes10 = Son of Jaber II Al-Sabah

| family10 = Al Sabah

| image10 = أحمد الجابر الصباح.jpg

| alt10 = Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait

| name11 = Sheikh
Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah

| nickname11 = Abdullah III

| native11 = {{lang|ar|عبدالله السالم الصباح}}

| life11 = 1895 – 24 November 1965
(aged 69 – 70)

| reignstart11 = 29 January 1950

| reignend11 = 24 November 1965

| notes11 = Eldest son of Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah

| family11 = Al Sabah

| image11 = Shaikh Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah.jpg

| alt11 = Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah of Kuwait

| name12 = Sheikh
Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah

| nickname12 = Sabah III

| native12 = {{lang|ar|صباح السالم الصباح}}

| life12 = {{Birth date|1913|04|12|df=y}} – {{Death date and age|1977|12|31|1913|04|12|df=y}}

| reignstart12 = 24 November 1965

| reignend12 = 31 December 1977

| notes12 = Youngest son of Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah

| family12 = Al Sabah

| image12 = Sabah Al Salem.png

| alt12 = Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah of Kuwait

| name13 = Sheikh
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
{{efn|In exile in Taif, Saudi Arabia between 2 August 1990 and 15 March 1991, due to the Iraqi invasion and occupation, and the subsequent Gulf War.}}

| nickname13 = Jaber III

| native13 = {{lang|ar|جابر الأحمد الصباح}}

| life13 = {{Birth date|1926|06|29|df=y}} – {{Death date and age|2006|01|15|1926|06|29|df=y}}

| reignstart13 = 31 December 1977

| reignend13 = 15 January 2006

| notes13 = Third son of Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

| family13 = Al Sabah

| image13 = File:Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah.png

| alt13 = Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah of Kuwait

| name14 = Sheikh
Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah

| nickname14 = Saad I

| native14 = {{lang|ar|سعد السالم الصباح}}

| life14 = 13 May 1930 – 13 May 2008
(aged 78)

| reignstart14 = 15 January 2006

| reignend14 = 24 January 2006
{{efn|Deposed by the National Assembly and abdicated simultaneously due to illness."[https://web.archive.org/web/20060405230511/http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/24/kuwait/ PM set to become new Kuwait emir]"; CNN, 24 January 2006.}}

| notes14 = Eldest son of Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah

| family14 = Al Sabah

| image14 = Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah.jpg

| alt14 = Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah of Kuwait

| name15 = Sheikh
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

| nickname15 = Sabah IV

| native15 = {{lang|ar|صباح الأحمد الجابر الصباح}}

| life15 = {{Birth date|1929|06|16|df=y}} – {{Death date and age|2020|09|29|1929|06|16|df=y}}

| reignstart15 = 29 January 2006

| reignend15 = 29 September 2020

| notes15 = Fourth son of Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

| family15 = Al Sabah

| image15 = Russian meeting with Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (cropped).jpg

| alt15 = Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait

| name16 = Sheikh
Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

| nickname16 = Nawaf I

| native16 = {{lang|ar|نواف الأحمد الجابر الصباح}}

| life16 = {{Birth date|1937|06|23|df=y}} – {{Death date and age|2023|12|16|1937|06|23|df=y}}

| reignstart16 = 29 September 2020

| reignend16 = 16 December 2023

| notes16 = Sixth son of Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

| family16 = Al Sabah

| image16 = The Vice President, Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari meeting the Crown Prince of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, on his arrival at Kuwait on April 06, 2009 (cropped).jpg

| alt16 = Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait

| nickname17 =Mishal I

| native17 = {{lang|ar|مشعل الأحمد الجابر الصباح}}

| reignstart17 = 16 December 2023

| reignend17 = Incumbent

| notes17 = Seventh son of Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

| family17 = Al Sabah

| image17 = Shaykh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.png

| alt17 = Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait

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|name17=Sheikh
Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah|life17={{Birth date and age|1940|09|27|df=y}}}}

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