2011 in Kuwait

Incumbents

• Emir: Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
• Prime Minister: Nasser Al-Sabah, Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah

  Events

January

• January 5 - Prime Minister Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah narrowly survives a no confidence vote, following a crackdown at an opposition demonstration in December.

  February

• February 18 - A thousand or more non-citizen residents of Kuwait demonstrated demanding rights given to Kuwaiti citizens.

  March

• March 11 - Riot police fire tear gas at a demonstration of stateless Arabs demanding more rights.
• March 30 - Kuwait recalls its ambassador to Iran after it convicted three people on charges of spying for Iran.

  August

• August 26 - Al Arabiya television reports that three rockets have hit the border area between Kuwait and Iraq.

  November

• November 28 - Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah and his cabinet resign after protesters storm the national Parliament.