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Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (/hʊˈseJn/;[3] Arabic: صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي, romanized: Ṣaddām Ḥusayn ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Tikrītī;[a] 28 April 1937[b:lit] – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003.[8] A leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and later, the Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party and its regional organization, the Iraqi Ba'ath Party—which espoused Ba'athism, a mix of Arab nationalism and Arab socialism—Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup (later referred to as the 17 July Revolution) that brought the party to power in Iraq.
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Saddam Hussein
صدام حسين
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Saddam in August 1998, preparing to deliver a speech for the 10th anniversary of the end of the Iran–Iraq War
5th President of Iraq
In office
16 July 1979 – 9 April 2003
Prime Minister
Himself (1979–1991)
Sa'dun Hammadi (1991)
Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi (1991–1993)
Ahmad Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai (1993–1994)
Himself (1994–2003)
Vice President
Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf (1974–2003)
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (1979–2003)
Taha Yassin Ramadan (1991–2003)
Preceded by
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Succeeded by
Jay Garner (as Director of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance of Iraq)
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
In office
16 July 1979 – 9 April 2003
Preceded by
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Succeeded by
Office abolished
Prime Minister of Iraq
In office
29 May 1994 – 9 April 2003
President
Himself
Preceded by
Ahmad Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai
Succeeded by
Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum (as Acting President of the Governing Council of Iraq)
In office
16 July 1979 – 23 March Cause of death
Execution by hanging
Resting place
Al-Awja
Political party
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (1957–1966)
Iraq-based Ba'ath Party (1966–2006)
National Progressive Front
(1974–2003)[1][2]
Spouse(s)
