{"id":"jassem-al-kharafi","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jassem-al-kharafi","language":"en","name":"Jassem Al-Kharafi","name_en":"Jassem Al-Kharafi","name_ne":null,"description":"Kuwaiti National Assembly member","headline":"Kuwaiti National Assembly member","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Jassem Al-Kharafi, was a Kuwaiti oligarch who was the speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly from 1999 to 2011. In his capacity as Speaker in 2006, Al-Kharafi played a critical role in the ascension of Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah to the emirship of Kuwait by coordinating a no-confidence vote of the incumbent emir, Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah. During the reign of Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, his family conglomerate, M.A. Kharafi & Sons, dominated several sectors of the Kuwaiti economy, including construction, telecommunications and investment.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1940","date":"1940"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6164155#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Kuwait City","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35178"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6164155#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"21 May 2015","date":"2015-05-21"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6164155#P570"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Kuwait","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q817"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6164155#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/Q6164155#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Victoria College","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4119533"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6164155#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Speaker of the National Assembly (1999–2012)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110532419","start":"1999","end":"2012"},{"text":"Member of the National Assembly of Kuwait","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21295986"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6164155#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jassem_Al-Kharafi","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6164155"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Jassem Al-Kharafi born?","a":"Jassem Al-Kharafi was born on 1940 in Kuwait City."},{"q":"What positions has Jassem Al-Kharafi held?","a":"Positions held by Jassem Al-Kharafi include: Speaker of the National Assembly (1999–2012); Member of the National Assembly of Kuwait."},{"q":"Where did Jassem Al-Kharafi study?","a":"Jassem Al-Kharafi was educated at Victoria College."}],"related":[{"name":"Ali al-Omair","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ali-al-omair"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/jassem-al-kharafi-fa56024784.jpg","width":235,"height":330,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Psychotictp","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jassem_Al-Kharafi.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Jassem Al-Kharafi","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jassem_Al-Kharafi","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q6164155","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6164155","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Jassem Al-Kharafi.jpg by Psychotictp (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jassem_Al-Kharafi.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Jassem Al-Kharafi, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Jassem Al-Kharafi.jpg — Psychotictp, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Jassem Al-Kharafi\". DigiNepal. Last updated 7 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/jassem-al-kharafi. Retrieved 21 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-07T11:48:10Z","facts_checked":"2026-10-21","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/jassem-al-kharafi","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/jassem-al-kharafi","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/jassem-al-kharafi?lang=ne"}}