Sheikh Meshal is deputy chief of the National Guard and a brother of the late emir who died last Tuesday DUBAI: Kuwait’s new ruler Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on Wednesday named Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah as Crown Prince of the US-allied OPEC member state, state news agency KUNA said, citing a statement from his office. Sheikh Meshal is deputy chief of the National Guard and a brother of the late emir who died last Tuesday. The Gulf Arab state’s parliament must approve the choice.