Saddam Hussein صدام حسين | |
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![]() Saddam Hussein in 1998 | |
President of Iraq | |
In office 16 July 1979 – 9 April 2003 | |
Prime Minister | Sa'dun Hammadi Mohammed Amza Zubeidi Ahmad Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai |
Preceded by | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
Succeeded by | Abdul Aziz al-Hakim (President of the Governing council) |
Prime Minister of Iraq | |
In office 29 May 1994 – 9 April 2003 | |
Preceded by | Ahmad Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum (Acting President of the Governing Council) |
In office 16 July 1979 – 23 March 1991 | |
Preceded by | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
Succeeded by | Sa'dun Hammadi |
Leader of the Ba'ath Party | |
In office 23 June 1989 – 30 December 2006 | |
Preceded by | Michel Aflaq |
Succeeded by | Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri |
Chairperson of the Revolutionary Command Council | |
In office 16 July 1979 – 9 April 2003 | |
Preceded by | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Al-Awja, Iraq | 1 July 1939
Died | 30 December 2006 Kadhimiya, Iraq | (aged 67)
Political party | Ba'ath Party |
Other political affiliations | National Progressive Front |
Spouse(s) | Sajida Talfah Samira Shahbandar |
Children | Uday Qusay Raghad Rana Hala |
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Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006)[1][2] was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who was the fifth president of Iraq, from July 1979 to April 2003. He was 58th and 61st prime minister of Iraq, serving respectively from July 1979 to March 1991 and from May 1994 to April 2003.
He was removed from his position during the War in Iraq led by the United States. He ran a repressive authoritarian government,[3] often described as totalitarian,[4] which is a disputed label.[5]
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