[1] Member State of the Arab League On December 14, 1954, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah issued a decision of the Supreme Executive Committee under No.
(T. 63/41) to establish the Department of Social Affairs, and on January 17, 1962, in accordance with Amiri Decree No.
2 of 1962, the name of the department was changed to “Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour” until the issuance of Law No.
[2][5] The social services provided by the department in 1956 extended to include the sale baskets that were granted free of charge to people with limited incomes, training girls through the establishment of a specialized center for finding an appropriate work, as well as establishing social units that take care of the family socially and financially, in addition to establishing a nursing home in 1957.
Tasks were added to this department (social control of cinema, films, theater, works), other social and labour activities were added to the department's tasks, such as industrial credit, relations between workers and employers, labour inspection, vocational rehabilitation for people with disabilities, youth care, and supervision of clubs and bodies Eligibility, and adult education.