Editing Government of Kuwait (section)

==Legislative branch==
;Emir
Legislative power is exercised by the Emir. He issues laws and policies via decrees. 

;Former legislature
The National Assembly was formerly the [[legislature]], established in 1963.<ref name=":3" /> Its predecessor, the 1938 National Assembly was formally dissolved in 1939 after "one member, Sulaiman al-Adasani, in possession of a letter, signed by other Assembly members, addressed to Iraq's King Ghazi, requesting Kuwait's immediate incorporation into Iraq". This demand came after the merchant members of the Assembly attempted to extract oil money from [[Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]], a suggestion refused by him and upon which he instigated a crackdown which arrested the Assembly members in 1939.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Crystal|first=Jill|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19722357|title=Oil and politics in the Gulf : rulers and merchants in Kuwait and Qatar|date=1990|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=0-521-36639-9|location=Cambridge [England]|oclc=19722357}}</ref> The National Assembly had up to 50 MPs.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Kuwait - The World Factbook|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kuwait/|access-date=2021-09-02|website=www.cia.gov}}</ref>