Mohammed Al-Sanousi

Who is Mohammed Al-Sanousi?

Mohammed Al-Sanousi is a Kuwaiti politician who served for eight months as Kuwait's Minister of Information, taking the post in April 2006 and resigning on 17 December.

Al-Sanousi assumed the post following the resignation of Anas Al-Reshaid. Al-Sanousi became a controversial figure during the 2006 parliamentary election, during which he ordered several satellite television channels supporting opposition parties to be taken off the air. MP Mohammed Al-Sager pledged that the opposition bloc would not allow Al-Sanousi to be reappointed due to restrictions he had allegedly placed on press freedoms. Islamist MP Faisal Al-Muslim stated that Al-Sanousi's actions had been "against the principles of freedom, and against the constitution that guarantees freedom of speech, expression and publication".

Al-Sanousi resigned on 17 December 2006, one day before he was due to be grilled by parliament. Opposition MP Musallam Al-Barrak suggested Al-Sanousi had been forced to quit, calling it "a victory for the constitution, democracy and freedom". The Kuwait Times described Ministry of Information employees as giving a "sigh of relief" at the resignation, alleging that Al-Sanousi had been unpopular in his ministry since firing some employees early in his tenure.