Alaa Hussein Ali

Ala'a Hussein Ali Jaber Al-Khafaji
علاء حسين علي جبر الخفاجي
Ali (left) with Saddam Hussein in 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 (age 75–76) Kuwait City, Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Political party	Ba'ath
Profession	Military officer
Military service
Allegiance	Kuwait Iraq
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel

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.

External links

• The Story of the Kuwaiti Quisling
• BBC: Death penalty for puppet leader