services 45.0%, construction 20.0%, trade 12.0%, manufacturing 8.6%,
finance and real estate 2.6%, agriculture 1.9%, power and water 1.7%,
mining and quarrying 1.4%
note:
70% of labor force non-Kuwaiti (1986)

@Kuwait, Government

Names:
conventional long form:
State of Kuwait
conventional short form:
Kuwait
local long form:
Dawlat al Kuwayt
local short form:
Al Kuwayt
Digraph:
KU
Type:
nominal constitutional monarchy
Capital:
Kuwait
Administrative divisions:
5 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Al 'Ahmadi, Al
Jahrah, Al Kuwayt, Hawalli, Al Farwaniyah
Independence:
19 June 1961 (from UK)
National holiday:
National Day, 25 February (1948)
Constitution:
16 November 1962 (some provisions suspended since 29 August 1962)
Legal system:
civil law system with Islamic law significant in personal matters; has
not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Suffrage:
adult males who resided in Kuwait before 1920 and their male
descendants at age 21
note:
only 10% of all citizens are eligible to vote
Executive branch:
chief of state:
Amir Shaykh JABIR al-Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sabah (since 31 December 1977)
head of government:
Prime Minister and Crown Prince SAAD al-Abdallah al-Salim Al Sabah
(since 8 February 1978); Deputy Prime Minister SABAH al-Ahmad al-Jabir
Al Sabah (since 17 October 1992)
cabinet:
Council of Ministers; appointed by the Prime Minister and approved by
the Amir
Legislative branch:
unicameral
National Assembly (Majlis al-umma):
dissolved 3 July 1986; new elections were held on 5 October 1992 with
a second election in the 14th and 16th constituencies held February
1993
Judicial branch:
High Court of Appeal
Political parties and leaders:
none
Other political or pressure groups:
small, clandestine leftist and Shi'a fundamentalist groups are active;
several groups critical of government policies are publicly active
Member of:
ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, BDEAC, CAEU, ESCWA, FAO, G-77, GATT, GCC,
IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT,
INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAPEC,
OIC, OPEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WTO
Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission:
Ambassador MUHAMMAD al-Sabah al-Salim al-Sabah
chancery:
2940 Tilden Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone:
(202) 966-0702
FAX:
(202) 966-0517
US dip