Republic of Kuwait

Republic of Kuwait جمهورية الكويت Jumhūrīyat al-Kuwait
1990
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Status	Puppet state of Iraq
Capital	Kuwait City
Common languages	Arabic
Government	Unitary provisional Ba'athist republic
Prime Minister
• 1990	Alaa Hussein Ali
Historical era	Gulf War
• Established	4 August 1990
• Transformed into Governorate	28 August 1990
ISO 3166 code	KW
Preceded by Succeeded by Kuwait Kuwait Governorate Saddamiyat al-Mitla' District

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History of Kuwait
Prehistoric and ancient
Mesopotamia Bahra 1 H3 (Kuwait) Subiya Ubaid period Failaka Island Dilmun Ikaros Agarum Kazma Umm an Namil Akkaz Teredon
5th–18th century
Maishan 5th–13th century Battle of Chains 629 / 633 Kazma 636 Portuguese control 1500s 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 Republic of Kuwait was a short-lived and self-styled republic formed in the aftermath of the invasion of Kuwait by Ba'athist Iraq during the early stages of the Gulf War. During the invasion, the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council stated that it had sent troops into the State of Kuwait to assist an internal coup d'état initiated by "Kuwaiti revolutionaries."^[1] A Provisional Government of Free Kuwait was set up on 4 August 1990 by the Iraqi authorities under the leadership of nine allegedly-Kuwaiti military officers (four colonels and five majors) led by Alaa Hussein Ali, who was given the posts of prime minister (Rais al-Wuzara), commander-in-chief, minister of defense and minister of the interior.^[2]

The new regime deposed the Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (who fled Kuwait and established a government in exile based in Saudi Arabia^[3]) and accused the emiri family of pursuing anti-popular, anti-democratic, pro-imperialist, and Zionist policies along with the "embezzlement of national resources for the purpose of personal enrichment".^[4] An indigenous Popular Army to allegedly take over from Iraqi troops was immediately proclaimed, claiming 100,000 volunteers.^[5]

Citizenship rights were conferred to non-Kuwaiti Arabs who had come for work from abroad under the monarch^[6] The newspaper of the regime was known as Al-Nida,^[7] named after the "Day of the Call" that was proclaimed on 2 August 1990 to "commemorate" the Iraqi "response" to the alleged calls of the Kuwaitis for Iraq's assistance in overthrowing the monarchy.^[8]