Kuwait Governorate

Coordinates: 29°30′N 45°45′E / 29.500°N 45.750°E / 29.500; 45.750

Kuwait Governorate محافظة الكويت  (Arabic)
Governorate of Iraq
1990–1991
Capital	Kuwait
History
Government
• Type	Governorate of Iraq (de jure) Military occupation (de facto)
Governor
• 1990–91	Ali Hassan al-Majid
Historical era	Gulf War
• Republic of Kuwait annexed by Iraq	28 August[1] 1990
• Liberation of Kuwait	28 February 1991
Preceded by Succeeded by Republic of Kuwait State of Kuwait

Part of a series on the
History of Kuwait
Prehistoric and ancient
Mesopotamia Bahra 1 H3 (Kuwait) Subiya Ubaid period Failaka Island Dilmun Ikaros Agarum Kazma Umm an Namil Island Shuwaikh Island Teredon
5th–15th century in
Maishan 5th–13th century Battle of Chains 629 / 633 Kazma 636
15th–18th century
Portuguese control 1500s Founding of Kuwait City 1613 Bani Utub invasion of Bahrain 1782–1783 Battle of Riqqa 1783 Ibn Ufaisan's Invasion 1793
18th century to 1961
Sheikhdom of Kuwait 1752–1961 Battle of Khakeekera 1811 Sheikh Humoud's Revolt 1828 Siege of Basra 1831 Siege of Al-Zubair 1833 Invasion of Muhammara 1837 Al-Hasa Expedition 1870–1871 Kuwaiti–Rashidi war 1900–1901 Battle of Jo-Laban 1903 Battle of Hadia 1910 Anglo-Ottoman Convention 1913 Mesopotamian Campaign 1914–1918 Kuwait–Najd War 1919–1920 Battle of Jahra 1920 Ikhwan Revolt 1927–1930
Kuwait since 1961
State of Kuwait 1961–1990 1991–present Operation Vantage 1961 Abdul Karim Qasim's crisis 1961–1963 Six-Day War 1967 Samita border skirmish 1973 October War 1973 Terrorism attack on the Japanese Embassy in Kuwait 1974 Kuwait bombings 1983 Aircraft hijackings 1984–1988 Attempted assassination of Emir Jaber 1985 Invasion of Kuwait 1990 Republic of Kuwait 1990–1991 Gulf War 1990–1991 Kuwaiti oil fires 1991 Palestinian exodus from Kuwait 1990–1991 2015 Kuwait mosque bombing 2015
See also
List of museums in Kuwait History of Bahrain Al Zubara
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The Kuwait Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الكويت) was the 20th governorate of Iraq established in the aftermath of the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq^[2] in 1990.^[3][4] It was preceded by the brief puppet state of the Republic of Kuwait. The Kuwait Governorate consisted of most of the occupied Kuwaiti territory, with the exclusion of the northern areas which became the Saddamiyat al-Mitla' District. Saddam Hussein's relative, Ali Hassan al-Majid became the governor of this province.

Iraq's refusal to withdraw from Kuwait led to the Gulf War and the eventual return of the pre-occupation Kuwaiti government on 28 February 1991.

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