Mariam Al-Aqeel
Her Excellency Mariam Al-Aqeel was appointed Kuwait’s minister of social affairs and state minister of economic affairs in February 2020. She was previously the minister of finance and acting state minister for economic affairs as of 2019. An accountant by training, she has held many positions in the Ministry of Finance and the Central Statistics Bureau, and chairs several committees both within Kuwait and in the Gulf. In 2019, she received the Arab Women of the Year Award for Achievement in Economic Development and Leadership.
