Back Saddam Hoesein Afrikaans ሳዳም ሁሴን Amharic Saddam Hussein AN صدام حسين Arabic ܨܕܐܡ ܚܘܣܝܢ ARC صدام حسين ARY صدام حسين ARZ Sadam Husein AST Səddam Hüseyn Azerbaijani صدام حسین AZB
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 | 1 July 1939 Al-Awja, Iraq |
| Died | 30 December 2006 (aged 67) Kadhimiya, Iraq |
| Political party | Ba'ath Party |
| Other political affiliations | National Progressive Front |
| Height | 6’0½” to 6’2” |
| Spouse(s) | Sajida Talfah Samira Shahbandar |
| Children | Uday Qusay Raghad Rana Hala |
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صدام حسين
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]
- ↑ Under his government, this date was his official date of birth. His real date of birth was never written down, but it is thought to be between 1935 and 1939. From Con Coughlin, Saddam The Secret Life Pan Books, 2003 (ISBN 0-330-39310-3).
- ↑ "Hussein executed, Iraqi TV stations report". CNN. Retrieved December 30, 2006.
- ↑ State of Repression : Iraq under Saddam Hussein. OCLC 1104855351. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ↑ Woods, Kevin M.; Stout, Mark E. (2010-08-01). "New Sources for the Study of Iraqi Intelligence during the Saddam Era". Intelligence and National Security. 25 (4): 547–587. doi:10.1080/02684527.2010.537033. ISSN 0268-4527. S2CID 153605621.
- ↑ Sassoon, Joseph (February 2017). "Aaron M. Faust , The Baʿthification of Iraq: Saddam Hussein's Totalitarianism (Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, 2015). Pp. 296. $55.00 cloth". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 49 (1): 205–206. doi:10.1017/S0020743816001392. ISBN 9781477305577. ISSN 0020-7438. S2CID 164804585.