Alaa Hussein Ali
Ala'a Hussein Ali Jaber Al-Khafaji | |
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علاء حسين علي جبر الخفاجي | |
![]() Alaa Hussein Ali (1990.) | |
Prime Minister of Kuwait | |
In office August 4, 1990 – August 8, 1990 | |
Preceded by | Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah |
Succeeded by | Ali Hassan al-Majid (As Governor of Kuwait) Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah |
Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq | |
In office 1990–1991 | |
President | Saddam Hussein |
Prime Minister | Saddam Hussein |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1948 Kuwait City, Sheikhdom of Kuwait |
Political party | Ba'ath |
Profession | Military officer |
Military service | |
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Ala'a Hussein Ali Al-Khafaji Al-Jaber (Arabic: علاء حسين علي جبر الخفاجي; born c. 1948) was the head of the Republic of Kuwait (August 4–8, 1990), a brief puppet government in Kuwait during the initial stages of the Gulf War.
Career
Ali held dual nationalities as an Iraqi and Kuwaiti, having grown up in Kuwait and studied in Baghdad where he became a member of the ruling Baath party. Having held a lieutenant's commission in the Kuwaiti army prior to the invasion, Ali was promoted to colonel in Baghdad and placed at the head of a 9-member puppet government during the invasion. A week later Kuwait was annexed by Iraq and Ali became Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister.
In 1993, Ali was sentenced in absentia to death by hanging for treason by the Kuwaiti government. In January 2000 he returned to Kuwait attempting to appeal the sentence. The court however, affirmed Ali's conviction on May 3, 2000. In March 2001, his sentence was commuted to life in prison.[1]
References
- ^ "This Day in Kuwait's History". Kuwait News Agency. Retrieved 2010-09-16.[permanent dead link]
External links
- The Story of the Kuwaiti Quisling
- BBC: Death penalty for puppet leader
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