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President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (born 28 April 1937 – died 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until he was overthrown in 2003 during the U.S. invasion of Iraq. He previously served as the vice president from 1968 to 1979 and also as the prime minister from 1979 to 1991 and later from 1994 to 2003. A leading member of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, he was a proponent of Ba'athism, a mix of Arab nationalism and Arab socialism. The policies and political ideas he championed are collectively known as Saddamism.
Born near the city of Tikrit to a Sunni Arab family, Saddam Hussein joined the revolutionary Ba'ath Party in 1957. He played a key role in the 17 July Revolution that brought the Ba'athists to power in Iraq and made him vice president under Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr.
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| Event | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Iran–Iraq War | 1980–1988 | A long and bloody conflict. |
| Invasion of Kuwait | 1990 | Led to the Gulf War. |
| Gulf War | 1991 | Coalition forces expel Iraq from Kuwait. |
Saddam's regime was responsible for the murder or disappearance of an estimated 250,000 to 290,000 Iraqis. Wow!
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