Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein
صدام حسين
	Saddam in 1998
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); Jalal Talabani (2005);
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 1991
President	Himself
Preceded by	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Succeeded by	Sa'dun Hammadi
Secretary General of the National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
	In office; January 1992 – 30 December 2006
Preceded by	Michel Aflaq
Succeeded by	Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
Regional Secretary of the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch
	In office; 16 July 1979 – 30 December 2006
National Secretary	Michel Aflaq (until 1989); Himself (from 1989);
Preceded by	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Succeeded by	Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri
	In office; February 1964 – October 1966
Preceded by	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Succeeded by	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Vice President of Iraq
	In office; 17 July 1968 – 15 July 1979
President	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Preceded by	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Succeeded by	Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
Member of the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch
	In office; February 1964 – 9 April 2003
Personal details
Born	28 April 1937; Al-Awja, Saladin Governorate, Kingdom of Iraq
Died	30 December 2006 (aged 69); Camp Justice, Kadhimiya, Baghdad, Iraq
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Resting place	Al-Awja, Saladin Governorate, Iraq
Political party	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (1957–1966); Iraq-based Ba'ath Party (1966–2006);
Spouses	; Sajida Talfah (m. 1958) ; Samira Shahbandar (m. 1986)
Children	Uday (deceased); Qusay (deceased); Raghad; Rana; Hala;
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Saddam Hussein^[c] (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. He also served as prime minister of Iraq from 1979 to 1991 and later from 1994 to 2003. He was a leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and later its Iraqi regional branch. Ideologically, he espoused Ba'athism, a mix of Arab nationalism and Arab socialism, while the policies and political ideas he championed are collectively known as Saddamism.

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