KUWAIT: Kuwait has formed a new government headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, state news agency (KUNA) reported on Wednesday.

The 13-member cabinet included Abdullah Ali Al-Yahya as the new foreign minister, Imad Mohamed Al-Otaiqi as Kuwait's oil minister, and Anwar Ali Al-Moudhaf as the finance minister.

Fahad Yousef Al Sabah has been appointed as acting deputy prime minister, minister of defense and minister of interior.

Earlier this month, Kuwait’s emir Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmad Al Sabah, who came to power in December after his predecessor Sheikh Nawaf died, appointed Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al Salem as the country’s new prime minister.

Sheikh Mohammed was tasked with forming a new cabinet, according to a royal decree.