Persian Gulf War. The Persian Gulf War began when the army of Iraq invaded and occupied the country of Kuwait in August 1990. It continued until a cease-fire on February 28, 1991. Answer and Explanation: The President of the United States during the Persian Gulf War was George H.W. Bush. He was sworn in as President on January 20, 1989, and served through January 20, 1993. read more
President G. H.W. Bush visiting the Troops during the First Gulf War. When Saddam Hussein invaded his small, oil-rich neighbor in the summer of 1990, the Department faced its first full-scale post-Cold War international crisis. read more
The Gulf War in Kuwait and Iraq was fought from August, 1990 to February, 1991, during the one-term Presidency of George Herbert Walker Bush (41st US President and father of the 43rd US President, George W. Bush). read more