Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah was succeeded by Sheikh Sad al-Abd Allah al-Salim al-Sabah, ( 1930?-13 May, 2008, Kuwait City) for 9 days and then the foreign minister, his half-brother Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Kuwait,16 June 1929 -29 September 2020, Rochester, Minnesota, USA).