Meet Mariam Al Aqeel, the GCC's first female finance minister | ZAWYA MENA Edition:
Mariam Al-Aqeel is Kuwait's new finance minister and the first woman in the Gulf region to hold the post.
In her capacity as the finance minister, Al-Aqeel will also head Kuwait Investment Authority, the country’s sovereign wealth fund, state-run KUNA news agency said.
Mariam, who holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Kuwait University, has served as the Minister of State for Economic Affairs since December 2018, and has been appointed Acting Minister of Finance, effective 6 November 2019.
Previous finance minister Nayef Al Hajraf resigned as he was nominated by Kuwait as secretary-general of the six-member GCC, Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reported.
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