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Political and Security Environment
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Government Body. Kuwait is a constitutional, hereditary monarchy with political power vested in the hands of the ruling emir. The country has been ruled by members of the al-Sabah family since 1752. The present al-Sabah dynastic line of succession continues, having begun with Mubarak the Great, the founder of modern Kuwait, who died in 1915. Kuwait gained independence from Great Britain in June 1961 and adopted its Constitution on November 11, 1962. The Constitution calls for an...
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