Kuwait Governorate

Kuwait Governorate محافظة الكويت
De facto governorate of Iraq
1990–1991
The governorates of Iraq as they existed during the Gulf War. Kuwait Governorate is bottom right.
Capital		Not specified
Government		Military government
Governor
-	1990–1991	Ali Hassan al-Majid
Historical era		Gulf War
-	Republic of Kuwait annexed by Iraq	August 28, 1990
-	Liberation of Kuwait	February 26, 1991

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History of Kuwait
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Ubaid period
Dilmun
Characene
Mesopotamia
Early Kuwait
Kazima Founding of modern Kuwait (1613) Kuwait–Najd War Battle of Jahra Sheikhdom of Kuwait (1899-1961) 1938 Majlis Movement
Independence
State of Kuwait (1961-1990) Gulf War Republic of Kuwait (1990) Iraqi rule (1990-1991) State of Kuwait (since 1991)
See also
History of Kuwait House of Sabah
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The Kuwait Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الكويت‎) was the 19th governorate of Iraq established in the aftermath of the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq in 1990. It was preceded by the brief puppet state of the Republic of Kuwait.

Iraq's refusal to withdraw from Kuwait led to the Gulf War and return of the pre-occupation Kuwaiti government on 26 February 1991.