Kuwait Governorate

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

Kuwait Governorate محافظة الكويت
Governorate of Iraq
← 1990–1991 →
Government		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 1990
•	Liberation of Kuwait	26 February 1991

Part of a series on the
History of Kuwait
Prehistoric and ancient
Ubaid period Dilmun Mesopotamia
5th–15th century
Maishan 5th–13th century Battle of Chains 629 / 633
15th–18th century
Portuguese control 1500s Kuwait town 1613 Bani Utub invasion of Bahrain 1782–83 Battle of Riqqa 1783
18th century to 1961
Sheikhdom of Kuwait 1752–1961 Anglo-Ottoman Convention 1913 Kuwait–Najd War 1919–20
Kuwait since 1961
State of Kuwait 1961–90 1991–present Gulf War Aug 1990 – Feb 1991
See also
National Assembly 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 in 1990. 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.

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

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