His appointment as the Third Secretary at Ministry
of Foreign Affairs in August 1964 was the initiation
of his political career. In October of the same
year, he was transferred from the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs to the Permanent Mission of Kuwait
to the United Nations in New York, USA; and then
to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in June 1965.
In December 1965, his career saw two rapid changes:
First as the Minister Extraordinary Plenipotentiary
at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and then as
the Permanent Representative of the State of Kuwait
to the European Office of the United Nations at
Geneva, Switzerland. He inaugurated the first
office of the Kuwait Permanent Mission in Geneva
in 1966 and also became the First Consul General
of Kuwait to the Swiss Confederation in Geneva
in the same year.
In October 1968, HH Sheikh Nasser became the
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to
Iran and in 1971 was appointed by an Amiri Decree
as a Non-Resident Ambassador. Between 1975-1979,
he served as the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps
in Iran — the youngest ever to hold this
position in the world.
In May 1979, he was recalled to Kuwait to serve
in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and between
1979- 1985 as the Under Secretary the Ministry
of Information and then between 1985-1988 as the
Minister for Information. He served the Minister
for Soctr Affairs and Labour between 1988-990,
and as Minister State for Foreign Affairs in1990-91.
On November 16, 2005, he was appointed by an Amiri
Decree as the Minister for Al-Diwan Al- Amiri
Affairs (Royal Court), a post he held prior to
being appointed the Prime Minister.
HH Sheikh Nasser has served his country with
distinction and has been decorated on several
occasions.He received the First Persian Imperial
Order Decoration from the Shah of Iran; a Decoration
from the Mayor of Paris Jacques Chirac; the First
Degree National Decoration of the Republic Argentina
from His Excellency the Argentinean President
Carlos Menem; the Highest Decoration Ordre du
Grand Officier de l'Ordre National Du Lion, of
the Republic of Senegal, from His Excellency the
Senegalese President Abdou Diof; a Certificate
of Excellence from the Organisation of the Islamic
Conference as well as The Greater Order of Finland
from the President of Finland His Excellency Marti
Ahtisaari.
Apart from this, his was the first Kuwaiti voice
be heard from Kuwait Radio during the Iraqi aggression,
saying “This Is Kuwait”. He was the
Representative of HH the Amir in the celebration
of the Enthronement of the Emperor of Japan.
