Ahmed Al-Sadoun was the Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly from February 2012 until it was declared that the February 2012 elections were invalid. He was previously the speaker from 1985 to 1999. He is the leader of the Popular Action Bloc in the Assembly and served for eight terms. He represented the third district. Al-Sadoun worked in the ministry of communication before being elected to the National Assembly in 1975. Al-Sadoun is a real estate executive.
Personal Information & Career
He's the youngest of his family born to his father AbdulAziz Jassem AL-Sadoun & mother Madhawi AL-Rikada he has 12 brothers and sisters. Ahmed AL-Sadoun is Married with six children, two boys and four girls. He's one of the founders of Kazma Sporting Club in 1964 and secretary until 1968 and then the president of Kuwait Football Association from 1968 to 1976 and vice president of FIFA from 1974 to 1982
Elected member for: 11 terms 1975, 1981, 1985, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2012
Speaker of Kuwait National Assembly: 1985, 1992, 1996, and 2012
Political Orientation: Leader of the Takatul al-Nawwab and of the Popular Bloc
Allegations of Profiteering
On May 28, 2007, the National Assembly formed an in-house investigation panel to look into allegations that Al-Sadoun and Mohammed Al-Sager used their influence to make money. The seven-member panel examined claims that Al-Sadoun gave information he garnered from a parliamentary question to his son, helping the company the son worked in to win a business contract.
Oil Reforms
On June 14, 2008, Al-Sadoun and three other MPs filed a bill stipulating that annual oil output from Kuwait should not exceed one percent of proven reserves. The bill also requires the state to disclose to parliament the emirate's actual proven reserves. Government reports declare Kuwait's reserves to be about. Al-Sadoun alleges that this number has been inflated to give Kuwait greater leeway within OPEC, which apportions export quotas based on the size of each member country's reserves. Al-Sadoun has said that proven reserves could be as low as around. In the past few years, Kuwait has been producing just under one billion barrels per year, one percent of the official reserve figure. If the bill is approved, it could force the emirate to cut its output from per day currently to a quarter of that. Al-Sadoun further breaks from Kuwait's current oil policies in his staunch opposition to the entry of international oil companies into Kuwait.
