Kuwaiti lawmaker dies during parliamentary session

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Kuwaiti lawmaker dies during parliamentary session
Nabil Al Fadhl

Kuwait City - Nabil Al Fadhl died of an unspecified medical condition during a parliamentary session.

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Published: Tue 22 Dec 2015, 2:53 PM

Last updated: Tue 22 Dec 2015, 6:40 PM

A Kuwaiti lawmaker has collapsed and died during a regular parliamentary session.
The official Kuwait News Agency quoted Parliament Speaker Mazouq Al Ghanim as saying that lawmaker Nabil Al Fadhl died of an unspecified medical condition during a parliamentary session on Tuesday.
Al Fadhl was seen as a liberal within Kuwait's political system. He was elected to parliament in 2012.
A former Kuwait Airways pilot and columnist, Al Fadhl wrote extensively about various political issues. The news agency said he was born in 1949.

The Kuwaiti flag is seen placed at the seat of MP Nabeel Al Fadhl at the national assembly in Kuwait City.
The Kuwaiti flag is seen placed at the seat of MP Nabeel Al Fadhl at the national assembly in Kuwait City.

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