Kuwait city, June 20, SPA -- Kuwait's first female Cabinet member Massouma al-Mubarak took the oath of office in parliament on Monday. The U.S.-educated political science teacher was named asminister of planning and administrative development June12, a month after Kuwait's parliament gave women the rightto vote and participate in politics for the first time.--SPA1519 Local Time 1219 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/271279