: January 20,1950

: Kuwait University Degree in Economic and Political Sciences (Economics Major) - 1972

• Attaché in the Economic Department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs , 1972.
• Promoted from Third Secretary to First Secretary in Kuwait Embassy of Iran , 1973-1975
• Director of Local and Arab Investments - Ministry of Finance, 1975-1983
• Head of the Founding Committee for Warba Insurance Company , 1976-1977
• Kuwait Investment Office - London , 1976-1978
• Head of the Founding Committee for Kuwait Finance House, 1977-1978
• Board Member in the Egyptian-Kuwaiti Real Estate Development Company - Egypt, February 1978 - November 1981
• Chairmen of Kuwait Reinsurance Company, 1979 - 1983
• Deputy Board Chairman of the Bahraini Kuwaiti Insurance Company, 1979-1983
• Founder Member and President of the Kuwaiti Tunisian Bank, 1981-1983
• Chairman of the Egyptian-Kuwaiti Real Estate Development Company - Egypt, November 1981-May 2000
• Head of Kuwait Delegation and the Member of Arabic Convention Committee for Investment Protection
• Board Member of the Bahrain Middle East Bank, July 1982
• Board Member in Burgan Bank - Kuwait , 1983
• Chairman and the Managing Director of Burgan Bank, 1983-1988
• Board Member in Asia International in Hong Kong; an affiliate of the Arab Banking Corporation in Bahrain; known previously as "Sun Hong Kai Bank Limited" and currently as "Fubon Bank" (Hong Limited), May 1985-April 2001
• Chairman of the International Bank of Asia, October 1985 - April 2001
• Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Bahrain Middle East Bank, 1989-1990
• Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Bahrain Middle East Bank , 1991-1999
• Founding Member and Board Member of the Arab Banking Corporation (ABC) - Bahrain , March 1998 - April 2001
• Member of the Executive Committee of Banco Atlantico - Spain , July 1999 - January 2002
• Board Member of Banco Atlantico - Spain , July 1999 - March 2002
• Member of the Executive Committee of Bahrain Middle East Bank , 2000-2004
• Chairman and Member of the Executive Committee of Bahrain Middle East Bank , March 2000 - March 2006
• Labor and Social Affairs Minister , February 2,2006 - July 9, 2006
• Labor and Social Affairs Minister and Minister of commerce and Industry , May 28,2006 - July 10,2006
• Minister of Energy, July 10, 2006 - March 4, 2006
• Minister of Oil , March 25,2007 - June 30,2007
• Deputy Minister of Diwan Al-Amiri , Ministerial Rank , July 28,2007 - To Date

• Diplomacy and International Relations - Kuwait Institute for Economic and Social Planning in the Middle East , 1973.
• Joined several courses in relation to Investment and Management Portfolios.