Kuwait Governorate
Coordinates: 29°30′N 45°45′E / 29.500°N 45.750°E
Kuwait Governorate محافظة الكويت (Arabic) | |||||||||
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Governorate of Iraq | |||||||||
1990–1991 | |||||||||
Capital | Kuwait | ||||||||
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• 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 | ||||||||
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Kuwait since 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
References[]
- ^ "The Gulf War, 1991". United States Department of State Office of the Historian. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ Jr, Apple; Times, Special To the New York (3 August 1990). "The Iraqi Invasion; INVADING IRAQIS SEIZE KUWAIT AND ITS OIL; U.S. CONDEMNS ATTACK, URGES UNITED ACTION". The New York Times.
- ^ https://www.gulfnews.com/amp/opinion/thinkers/saddam-states-reasons-for-kuwait-invasion-1.502105
- ^ Abidi, A. H. H. (1991). "Origins and Dimensions of the Iraqi Claim over Kuwait". India International Centre Quarterly. 18 (1): 129–143. JSTOR 23002125.
Categories:
- States and territories established in 1990
- States and territories disestablished in 1991
- Annexation
- Irredentism
- Military occupation
- Former polities of the Cold War
- Gulf War
- 1990 establishments in Kuwait
- 1991 disestablishments in Kuwait
- History of Kuwait