Kuwait strips citizenship from 20 people in two separate decisions

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

21/01/2025

Kuwait strips citizenship from 20 people in two separate decisions

KUWAIT CITY, Jan 21: The Supreme Committee for the Investigation of Kuwaiti Nationality, chaired by the First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, and Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef, issued two decisions today to revoke the citizenship of 20 individuals.

The first decision, published in today’s supplement of the official gazette "Kuwait Alyoum," revokes the citizenship of a woman under Article 10 of Amiri Decree No. 15 of 1959, which governs the Nationality Law and its amendments.

The second decision revokes the citizenship of 19 individuals, including 6 by establishment, under Article 11 of Amiri Decree No. 15 of 1959 and its amendments to the Nationality Law.