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.

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.