Jameel Saud Al-Munaie
Kuwaiti consultant and academic.
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Name in Arabic:
جميل سعود آل منيع
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Date of Birth:
20 November 1963
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63 Year)
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Nationality:
Kuwaiti
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Country of Residence:
Kuwait
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Jameel Saud Al-Munaie's Bio
Kuwaiti consultant and academic.
He has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Tafsir and Hadith at Kuwait University since March 1998. He has also been a member of the Araid Scientific Platform since 2022, the Gulf Experts Observatory in Saudi Arabia since 2018, the Faculty Members Association at Kuwait University since 1998, and the Arab Competencies Platform in Saudi Arabia since 2021. Since 2023, he has also served as an international higher education expert and has regularly participated in the QS global survey since 2023.
In 2012, he represented a delegation of 55 scholars from diverse fields during a meeting held at Bayan Palace within the Amiri Diwan of Kuwait with Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the 15th Emir of Kuwait, in attendance. The meeting was also attended by Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the 16th Emir of Kuwait, who was then Crown Prince, as well as the Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs, the Deputy Minister of the Amiri Diwan and Director of the Emir's Office, all advisers, and several senior officials of the Amiri Diwan.
He was an official member of the International Federation of the Arabic Language from 2022 to 2023, and as a founding member of the Union of Arab Academics and Scientists, affiliated with the Council of Arab Economic Unity of the League of Arab States, from 2022 to 2023. He also served as Rapporteur and representative of Assistant Professors on the Council of the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies at Kuwait University from 2003 to 2004.
He served as an advisor to the Advisory Board of the Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council in 2003. Earlier, he was a teaching assistant and scholarship mission member at the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies at Kuwait University from 1993 to 1998. From 2004 to 2005, he served as Rapporteur and a member of the Technical Committee overseeing the implementation of the first objective of Kuwait's General Education Strategy approved by the Kuwaiti Council of Ministers. He was also a member of the Federation of GCC Chambers in Saudi Arabia from 2006 to 2007. Earlier in his career, he served on the Estate Liquidation Committee at the Public Authority for Minors Affairs from 1992 to 1993, represented the Authority before the Experts Administration from 1990 to 1993 and before the Public Prosecution in 1993, and was the Authority's sole authorized representative in dealing with the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 1993.
He worked as a Legal Researcher at the Public Authority for Minors Affairs from 1990 to 1993 and as a Sharia Researcher at the Islamic Affairs Department of the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs from 1988 to 1989. He also served as an inspector of Hajj campaigns with the Kuwaiti Medical Mission during the 1988 Hajj season. In addition, he worked as a Scientific Assistant under the scholarship system at the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies at Kuwait University from 1986 to 1987. Between 1980 and 1985, he served as deputy to his father, Saud Al-Munaie, founder and chairman of the Kuwaiti Saud Al-Munai Hajj Caravan, in managing its operations in Medina.
He has provided consulting services to several entities, notably the Amiri Diwan of Kuwait, under the direction of Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the 13th Emir of Kuwait, particularly regarding the Jaber Cultural Centre from 2000 to 2001. He also provided consulting services to the Consultative Commission of the Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council in 2003 and Kuwait University from 2003 to 2005.
He received recognition from Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the 15th Emir of Kuwait, in 2012 and, when he was Prime Minister of Kuwait, in 2004. He also received honors and certificates of recognition from several entities, including the Amiri Diwan in 2000, at the request of Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah; Kuwait University in 1998 and between 2000 and 2006; the Public Authority for Minors Affairs in 1992; the Ministry of Education between 2010 and 2011; the Sharia Association in 2010; and the Kuwaiti Association for Graduate Studies in 2022. He also received recognition from regional, Arab, and international organizations, including the Islamic University of Madinah in 1985, the Arab Competencies Platform in 2021, and the Araid Scientific Platform between 2022 and 2024.
His name was included in the digital Encyclopedia of Communicative Scientific Leaders in 2022 and the digital Encyclopedia of Noble Biographies in 2025.
He holds a PhD in Islamic Sciences from the University of Ez-Zitouna in Tunisia (1998), and a Bachelor's degree in Da'wah and Fundamentals of Religion from the Islamic University of Madinah (1985).




