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Kuwait

State in West Asia, at the head of the Persian Gulf.

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founded

  • Kuwait Investment Authority Feb 1953 Self-published 1

    Founded as the Kuwait Investment Board, in London; reorganised as the Kuwait Investment Office in 1965. In its own account, set up by the Amir.

member of

  • OPEC Sep 1960 Self-published 2

involved in

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Timeline 2 dates
  1. Feb 1953 Kuwait founded Kuwait Investment Authority
  2. Sep 1960 Kuwait member of OPEC
Proof 3 sources
  1. About KIA (Kuwait Investment Authority), Kuwait Investment Authority. Self-published
    in February 1953, established the Kuwait Investment Board (KIB) headquartered in the City of London with a mandate to invest surplus oil revenue and reduce Kuwait’s reliance on a single finite resource
  2. OPEC: Brief History, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Self-published
    created at the Baghdad Conference on September 10–14, 1960, by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela
  3. Minutes of Washington Special Actions Group Meeting, 17 October 1973 (FRUS 1969–1976, vol. XXXVI, doc. 219), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, 17 Oct 1973. Primary record
    It was announced in Kuwait on October 17 that 11 oil producing states would cut production by 5 percent.
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  1. Add The Oil Weapon: the 1973 oil embargo, from OPEC's founding to the Strategic Petroleum ReserveAlibekb19881d

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