Kuwaiti Government in exile

Kuwaiti government in exile
الحكومة الكويتية في المهجر
1990–1991


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Capital Kuwait
Capital-in-exile Ta'if
Government Government-in-exile
Emir Jaber III
Prime minister and military governor Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Historical era Gulf War
   Invasion of Kuwait 5 August 1990
   Liberation of Kuwait 26 February 1991
Preceded by
Succeeded by
State of Kuwait
State of Kuwait

The Kuwaiti Government-in-exile (Arabic: الحكومة الكويتية في المهجر) was the government-in-exile of Kuwait following the Ba'athist Iraqi invasion and occupation of Kuwait, during the Gulf War, on August 2, 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 Ta'if. [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.


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