Kuwait’s Amir appointed Essam Abdulmohsen Al-Marzouq as the country’s new oil minister on Saturday, state news agency KUNA reported.
Marzouq has previously served as head of the country’s stock exchange and as a board member of state-run Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC).
Anas al-Saleh, the former acting oil minister, retained his other role as Finance Minister. (Reuters).