{"id":"ali-al-omair","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ali-al-omair","language":"en","name":"Ali al-Omair","name_en":"Ali al-Omair","name_ne":null,"description":"Member of the National Assembly of Kuwait","headline":"Member of the National Assembly of Kuwait","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Ali Al-Omair is a Kuwaiti politician. From January 2014 through November 2015, he served as Oil Minister in the cabinet of Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, succeeding Mustafa Jassem Al-Shamali. He was a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the third district. Born in 1958, Al-Omair obtained a PhD in chemistry and worked as a professor before being elected to the National Assembly in 2006. While political parties are technically illegal in Kuwait, Al-Omair affiliates with the Islamic Salafi Alliance party.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1958","date":"1958"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4724622#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Kuwait","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q817"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4724622#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Kuwait","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q817"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4724622#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"businessperson","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43845"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4724622#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Islamic Salafi Alliance","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6082596"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4724622#P102"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Minister of oil (6 January 2014 – 29 November 2015)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108599663","start":"2014-01-06","end":"2015-11-29"},{"text":"Minister of State For National Assembly Affairs (5 January 2014 – 10 December 2016)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110529897","start":"2014-01-05","end":"2016-12-10"},{"text":"Member of the National Assembly of Kuwait","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21295986"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4724622#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_al-Omair","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4724622"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Ali al-Omair born?","a":"Ali al-Omair was born on 1958 in Kuwait."},{"q":"What positions has Ali al-Omair held?","a":"Positions held by Ali al-Omair include: Minister of oil (2014–2015); Minister of State For National Assembly Affairs (2014–2016); Member of the National Assembly of Kuwait."}],"related":[{"name":"Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ahmad-al-abdullah-al-sabah"},{"name":"Jassem Al-Kharafi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jassem-al-kharafi"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/ali-al-omair-710c32ba7a.jpg","width":300,"height":284,"license":"GODL-India","credit":"This file or its source was published by Press Information Bureau on behalf of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India under the ID 66208 and CNR 68884. 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Ali al-Omair.png — This file or its source was published by Press Information Bureau on behalf of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India under the ID 66208 and CNR 68884. ( direct link ) This tag d, GODL-India.","cite":"\"Ali al-Omair\". DigiNepal. Last updated 7 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/ali-al-omair. Retrieved 21 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-07T11:48:10Z","facts_checked":"2026-10-21","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/ali-al-omair","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/ali-al-omair","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/ali-al-omair?lang=ne"}}