2025 in Kuwait

Events in the year 2025 in Kuwait.

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• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 30 January – The Prophet's Ascension
• 25 February – National Day
• 26 February – Liberation Day
• 30 March – 1 April – Eid al-Fitr
• 5 June – Arafat Day
• 6–9 June – Eid al-Adha
• 26 June – Islamic New Year
• 4 September – The Prophet's Birthday

• 20 January – Kuwait Oil Company announces the discovery of significant commercial quantities of hydrocarbon resources in the Al-Julai'a offshore field within Kuwaiti territorial waters, marking the second discovery of its kind in Kuwait's offshore area.

• 4 February – Appointment of Sheikh Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah as Minister of Defense.

• 8 March – All flights to and from Kuwait are briefly suspended for undisclosed reasons.
• 12 March – Six Americans held in Kuwait on drugs-related charges are released and returned to the United States following a visit by US special envoy Adam Boehler.
• 24 March – A major sweepstakes scandal reveals rigged draws, pre-selected winners, and a lack of transparency. The Ministry of Interior announces the arrest of the main perpetrators, including the raffle director at the Ministry of Commerce, the fictitious winner, and her husband.

• 16 April – Kuwait hosts the third Central Asia–Gulf Cooperation Council ministerial meeting.
• 30 April – Ten Americans held in Kuwait on various charges are released and returned to the United States.

• 2 January – Abdulaziz Ali Saleh Al-Haddad (aged 74), an actor and director
• 23 March – Khalid Al-Jarrallah (aged 78), a diplomat and undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1999–2021)

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