KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait's richest independent businessman, Jassem Al-Khorafi, who served as speaker of the Gulf emirate's parliament for a decade, has died at the age of 75, his family said.

Kuwaiti media said he had suffered a heart attack while flying home from a private visit to Turkey.

Al-Khorafi served as speaker from 1999 to 2011.

He was finance minister from 1985 to 1986.

The funeral was to be held later Friday.