Alaa Hussein Ali

Ala'a Hussein Ali Al-Khafaji Al-Jaber (Arabic: علاء حسين علي جبر الخفاجي; born 1958) is a Kuwaiti-born Iraqi military officer who served as the head of the Republic of Kuwait, a brief puppet government in Kuwait during the initial stages of the Gulf War.

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 28, 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	1958[1] Kuwait City, Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Political party	Ba'ath
Profession	Military officer
Military service
Allegiance	Kuwait (1976–1990)  Iraq (1990–2000)
Rank	Second lieutenant Colonel

Career

Al-Khafaji 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. He held the rank of second lieutenant in the Kuwaiti army prior to the invasion, during the invasion however, Al-Khafaji was promoted to colonel in Baghdad and placed at the head of a 9-member puppet government. On August 9, 1990, Kuwait was annexed by Iraq and Al-Khafaji became the Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister.

In 1993, Al-Khafaji 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.^[2] In September 2024, the Kuwaiti government revoked Al-Khafaji's Kuwaiti citizenship.^[3][4]