File photo: Kuwait s parliament. AP
Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmed Al Jaber made the announcement Monday in an address to the nation as the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan draws to an end this week. He called the decision the will of the Kuwaiti people, according to the state-run KUNA news agency.
Elections were scheduled within the next two months.
In March, Kuwait’s Constitutional Court threw out a 2022 election for parliament, citing “discrepancies" in the decree dissolving the 2020 parliament for its ruling. That briefly reinstated the former lawmakers.
Kuwait has the freest and most active assembly among the Gulf Arab states. Meanwhile, political squabbling has affected the country's economy, stopping it from passing a law allowing Kuwait to borrow money.
Kuwait, which borders Saudi Arabia and Iraq, has the world’s sixth-largest known oil reserves.
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