Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah

Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
الشيخ طلال خالد الأحمد الصباح
First Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Interior
In office
5 October 2022  25 December 2023
MonarchsNawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Preceded byAhmad Al-Nawaf
Succeeded byFahad Yusuf Al-Sabah
Minister of Defense
In office
9 March 2022  5 October 2022
MonarchNawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Preceded byHamad Jaber Al-Ali
Succeeded byAbdullah Ali Al-Salem
Personal details
Born1966 (age 5859)
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Political partyIndependent

Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (Arabic: الشيخ طلال خالد الأحمد الصباح, born 1966), also known as Talal Al-Khaled, is a disgraced former Kuwaiti politician and ruling family member who previously served in the Kuwaiti government as the first deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior and Minister of Defense from 2022 till 2023. Additionally, he served as the Governor of the Capital Governorate.

He was convicted on 14 January 2025 for embezzlement and money laundering related to the “secret expenses” budgets of the Ministries of Defense and Interior. The Ministerial Court sentenced him to 14 years of imprisonment and imposed fines and restitution totaling approximately 98 million USD for funds misappropriated during his tenure.