Kuwait Governorate

Not to be confused with Governorates of Kuwait.

Kuwait Governorate محافظة الكويت (Arabic)
Annexed territory under military occupation
1990–1991
Kuwait Governorate in red
Capital	Kuwait
• Type	Governorate of Iraq (de jure) Military occupation (de facto)
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

The Kuwait Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الكويت) was the 19th 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.

References

1. "The Gulf War, 1991". United States Department of State Office of the Historian. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
2. Jr, Apple (3 August 1990). "The Iraqi Invasion; INVADING IRAQIS SEIZE KUWAIT AND ITS OIL; U.S. CONDEMNS ATTACK, URGES UNITED ACTION". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
3. https://www.gulfnews.com/amp/opinion/thinkers/saddam-states-reasons-for-kuwait-invasion-1.502105^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4. Abidi, A. H. H. (1991). "Origins and Dimensions of the Iraqi Claim over Kuwait". India International Centre Quarterly. 18 (1): 129–143. JSTOR 23002125.

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