Dissolutions
The Emir of Kuwait has the power to dissolve the house and call for new elections within two months. The Emir has done so on five separate occasions. On two of those, the house was dissolved unconstitutionally, since no new elections were held within the legally required period, and the Emir of Kuwait then ruled by decree. The first case was from 1976 until 1981, and the second one from 1986 until 1992. On three other occasions, the Emir dissolved the house and held new elections immediately afterward. This happened in 1999, in 2006, and most recently in December 2011 . The 2006 dissolution was brought by what is locally known as the Kuwaiti Orange Movement, when Kuwaitis held mass protests and demonstrations to demand that electoral districts be reduced in number from twenty-five to five.
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