Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (; born 27 September 1940) is the Crown Prince of Kuwait and the heir apparent to the Emir of Kuwait. Mishal spent most of his career in Kuwait's security and intelligence apparatus. He is the oldest crown prince in the world. Biography Mishal was born on 27 September 1940 to Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah during his father's reign (1921–1950) as the tenth ruler of the Sheikhdom of Kuwait. Mishal was Ahmad's seventh son, and is the paternal younger half brother of three consecutive emirs of Kuwait: Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1977–2006), Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (2006–2020), and the current Emir Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (2020–present). Mishal attended the Al Mubarakiya School in Kuwait for primary education, then went abroad to Great Britain for studies at the Hendon Police College, from which he graduated in 1960. After graduation from Hendon, Mishal joined the Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior (MOI). From 1967 to 1980, he served as head of the MOI's intelligence and state security service. In this role, he oversaw the intelligence organization's development into the Kuwait State Security service, and Mishal served as its first director. On 13 April 2004, then-Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah named Mishal as a minister-level deputy chief of the Kuwait National Guard (KNG), replacing Nawaf in the position. The deputy chief is one of Kuwait's most powerful interior defense positions, and Mishal was the most powerful man in the agency, as the chief is a symbolic position held by Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah, the most senior member of the House of Sabah.