Today in Kuwait's History : 31/05/2015

KUWAIT, May 31 (KUNA) -- 1964 -- Turkey's first ambassador to the State of Kuwait, Wahid Khalaf Uglu, presents his credentials to the Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah.
1966 -- The Amir, Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, issues a decree appointing Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, as the Crown Prince, based on the nomination of the National Assembly.
1994 -- The State of Kuwait joins the standing committee of the International Petroleum Council.
1998 -- The Council of Ministers approves central tenders draft law designed to plug loopholes in law 37 of the year 1964.
1998 -- The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor issues a regulation which allowed expatriate workers to switch sponsors after completing two years of work at one place.
1999 -- Dr. Sulieman Al-Askari is appointed the Editor-in-Chief of Al-Arabi magazine, the wide-circulation monthly publication of the National Council of Culture, Arts and Letters.
2000 -- The State of Kuwait assumes the first senior post at the Gulf Organization for Industrial Consultancy. Eid Al-Deihani is appointed assistant secretary general of the organization.
2001 -- The Palestinian official in charge of Jerusalem's dossier at the Palestinian National Authority, Faisal Al-Husseini, passes away during a visit to Kuwait where he took part in a meeting against normalization of relations with Israel. Al-Husseini died of a heart attack in his hotel room. The Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah orders his body to be flown home aboard a special plane.
2003 -- The court of cassation headed by Counselor Abdullah Al-Eissa issues a first of its kind sentence in the history of Kuwait over an appeal regarding a public authority which consists of 11 counselors. This was the first of a kind sentence since establishment of the court in 1972.
2005 -- Chairman of the Public Authority for Youth and Sports (PAYS) Sheikh Fahad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah opens Sheikh Ali Al-Salem Stadium at Al-Naser Sports Club.
2009 -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah opens first session of the 13th legislative term of the National Assembly. MP Jassem Al-Kharafi was chosen as Speaker and MP Abdullah Al-Roumi as Deputy Speaker. (end) ag