What is Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah?
{{Infobox royalty | name = {{br entries | Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah |{{nobold | {{native name|ar|مِشْعَلَ الْأَحْمَدَ الْجَابِرَ الصَّبَاح|italics=no|paren=omit}} }} }} | image = Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.jpg | caption = Mishal in December 2024 | succession = [[Emir of Kuwait]] | reign = 16 December 2023 – present | predecessor = [[Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]] | suc-type = [[Heir apparent]] | successor = [[Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|9|27|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Kuwait City]], Bani Khalid | house = House of Sabah | father = Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | mother = Maryam Marit Al-Huwaila | religion = Sunni Islam | spouses = Nuria Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah <br> Munira Badah Al-Mutairi | issue = 12 }} '''Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah''' ({{lang-ar|مشعل الأحمد الجابر الصباح}}; also spelled Meshal, Mishaal or Meshaal; born 27 September ) is the [[Emir of Kuwait]] since 16 December 2023. Before becoming [[emir]] he was the oldest [[crown prince]] in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thenational.ae/world/gcc/kuwait-emir-nawaf-al-sabah-names-sheikh-meshal-al-sabah-as-new-crown-prince-1.1089787|title=Kuwait Emir Nawaf Al Sabah names Sheikh Meshal Al Sabah as new crown prince|work=The National|date=7 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://gulfbusiness.com/kuwait-assembly-approves-sheikh-mishal-as-crown-prince/|title=Kuwait Assembly approves Sheikh Meshal as Crown Prince| magazine=Gulf Business |date=8 October 2020}}</ref> ==Crown prince== Crown Prince [[Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah|Nawaf]] became emir after the death of his half-brother [[Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah|Sabah]] on 29 September 2020. According to Kuwaiti law, Nawaf had one year to pick his crown prince. After a record-short eight days, he picked his half-brother Mishal on 7 October.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kuwait Assembly approves Sheikh Mishal as Crown Prince |url=https://g