Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
Kuwaiti politician
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| May 2024 | The International Olympic Committee extended Sheikh Ahmad's ban to 15 years, citing 'a betrayal of his oath as an IOC Member and the severity of the harm to the IOC's reputation'. |
| January 18 2024 | Conviction publicly announced following the conclusion of Ahmad's tenure as Minister of Defence. |
| January 17 2024 | Concluded his term as Kuwait's Minister of Defense. |
| December 2023 | Sheikh Ahmad's Swiss fraud conviction was upheld. |
| December 18 2023 | Geneva Court of Appeal upheld Ahmad's forgery conviction. |
| October 13 2023 | The IOC ethics commission declared that the 2023 OCA elections must be annulled due to Sheikh Ahmad's interference, stating that his brother's candidacy 'should have been declared ineligible from the outset'. |
| August 2023 | US court documents revealed Ahmad was implicated in a bribery and racketeering scheme connected to the State of Qatar, involving allegations of using a shell company (Beriza Limited) to make payments and potentially influence FIFA officials during Qatar's World Cup bid. |
| July 2023 | The head of the IOC ethics commission sent warning letters to Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad, urging him to avoid interference in the upcoming Olympic Council of Asia elections in Bangkok. |
| July 27 2023 | The International Olympic Committee banned Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad for 3 years after finding he had an 'undeniable impact' on OCA elections in support of his brother Talal Al-Fahad's candidacy. |
| June 18 2023 | Appointed as Kuwait's Minister of Defense. |
| September 2021 | The Associated Press reported that Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Sabah was targeted by the U.S. Department of Justice for suspected racketeering and bribery related to FIFA and international soccer politics. |
| September 10 2021 | Sheikh Ahmad was convicted of forgery and sentenced to 30 months in prison, half of it suspended, which he appealed. |
| September 10 2021 | Convicted of fraud in a Swiss court, which led to his resignation from the Olympic Council of Asia. |
| August 30 2021 | Ahmad attended court in Switzerland alongside three other defendants to face forgery charges. |
| November 2018 | Ahmad was charged in Switzerland with forgery related to staging a sham arbitration, and temporarily stepped aside from his International Olympic Committee role pending an ethics committee hearing. |
| November 2018 | Resigned from the Association of National Olympic Committees following fraud charges in Switzerland. |
| 2017 | The U.S. embassy in Kuwait formally requested evidence, including bank account information, about Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Sabah in connection with a potential FIFA and international soccer corruption investigation. |
| April 2017 | Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah resigned from the FIFA Council after being implicated in a bribery scandal involving Richard Lai, who pleaded guilty to taking $950,000 in bribes from the Olympic Council of Asia. |
| January 2016 | Kuwaiti appeals court overturned the prior ruling and cleared Ahmad of all charges. |
| 2015 | Became a member of the FIFA Council. |
| December 2015 | Ahmad was convicted of 'disrespect to the public prosecutor' and received a suspended six-month prison sentence and a fine of 1,000 Kuwaiti Dinar. |
| March 2015 | Kuwait's public prosecutor dropped all investigations into the alleged coup plot, and Ahmad Al-Fahad read a public apology on Kuwait state television renouncing the coup allegations. |
| April 2014 | Kuwaiti public prosecutor launched an investigation into the alleged coup videos and imposed a media blackout. |
| December 2013 | Ahmad Al-Fahad claimed to possess tapes alleging a coup plot by Nasser Al-Mohammed and former Parliament Speaker Jassem Al-Kharafi, appearing on Al-Watan TV to describe his claims. |
| April 2012 | Became president of the Association of National Olympic Committees. |
| June 2011 | Resigned as deputy prime minister and minister of housing affairs to avoid parliamentary grilling over alleged government contract misconduct. |
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