Kuwaiti Government in exile explained

Native Name:الحكومة الكويتية في المنفى
Conventional Long Name:Kuwaiti government in exile
Common Name:None
Era:Gulf War
Status:Government-in-exile
Event Start:Invasion of Kuwait
Date Start:5 August
Year Start:1990
Event End:Liberation of Kuwait
Date End:26 February
Year End:1991
Year Exile Start:1990
Year Exile End:1990
P1:State of Kuwait
Flag P1:Flag of Kuwait.svg
S1:State of Kuwait
Flag S1:Flag of Kuwait.svg
Capital:Kuwait City
Capital Exile:Taif
Leader1:Jaber III
Year Leader1:1990–1991
Title Leader:Emir
Deputy1:Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Year Deputy1:1990–1991
Year Deputy2:.
Title Deputy:Prime minister and military governor

The Kuwaiti Government-in-exile (Arabic: الحكومة الكويتية في المنفى) was the government in exile of Kuwait following Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War.

History

On 2 August 1990, Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and senior members of his government fled to Saudi Arabia, where they set up a government-in-exile in Taif.[1] The Kuwaiti government in exile was far more affluent than most other such governments, having full disposal of the very considerable Kuwaiti assets in western banks—of which it made use to conduct a massive propaganda campaign denouncing the Ba'athist Iraqi occupation and mobilizing public opinion in the western hemisphere in favor of war with Ba'athist Iraq. In March 1991, following the defeat of Ba'athist Iraq at the hands of coalition forces in the Persian Gulf War, the Sheikh and his government were able to return to Kuwait.

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: 'ALIVE AND WELL,' KUWAITI GOVERNMENT SETS UP SHOP IN SAUDI HOTEL. Ottaway. David B.. August 24, 1990. Washington Post.