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Kuwaiti Citizenship Revoked for Acquiring Foreign Nationality

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10/07/2025

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10/07/2025

Kuwaiti Citizenship Revoked for Acquiring Foreign Nationality
Kuwait revokes the citizenship of 153 individuals by official decrees.

KUWAIT CITY, July 10: The Kuwaiti Supreme Committee for Nationality Investigation has issued a decision to revoke the citizenship of five individuals.

The decision was published on Thursday in a special supplement of the official gazette, Kuwait Today. It was issued under Article 11 of Amiri Decree No. 15 of 1959, which governs the Kuwaiti Nationality Law and its subsequent amendments. The relevant article clearly states that "a Kuwaiti national shall lose their citizenship if they voluntarily acquire a foreign nationality."