Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah | |
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الشيخ طلال خالد الأحمد الصباح | |
| First Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Interior | |
| In office 5 October 2022 – 25 December 2023 | |
| Monarchs | Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Al-Nawaf |
| Succeeded by | Fahad Yusuf Al-Sabah |
| Minister of Defense | |
| In office 9 March 2022 – 5 October 2022 | |
| Monarch | Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah |
| Preceded by | Hamad Jaber Al-Ali |
| Succeeded by | Abdullah Ali Al-Salem |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1966 (age 58–59) Kuwait City, Kuwait |
| Political party | Independent |
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.