Saddam Hussein facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Saddam Hussein صدام حسين
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	Jay Garner (Director of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance)
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	(1937-04-28)28 April 1937 Al-Awja, Iraq
Died	30 December 2006(2006-12-30) (aged 69) Kadhimiya, Iraq
Political party	Ba'ath Party
Other political affiliations	National Progressive Front
Spouse(s)	Sajida Talfah Samira Shahbandar
Children	Uday Qusay Raghad Rana Hala

Saddam Hussein Revinathan (28 April 1937 - 30 December 2006) was the President of Iraq, from July 16, 1979 to April 9, 2003, when he was removed from his position during the War in Iraq led by the United States. During his time as President, he might have killed more than a million people through war and genocide.

Images for kids

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  Saddam in his youth as a shepherd in his village, near Tikrit, 1956

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  Saddam Hussein and the Ba'ath Party student cell, Cairo, in the period 1959–1963

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  Saddam Hussein and al-Bakr, de jure president of Iraq alongside Hafez al-Assad of Syria at an Arab Summit in Baghdad in November 1978

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  U.S. Ambassador to Iraq April Glaspie meets Saddam for an emergency meeting

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  Iraqi stamp about the Arab Cooperation Council (ACC), founded 1989 by Saleh of (North) Yemen, king Hussein of Jordan, Saddam Hussein and Hosni Mubarak of Egypt

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  Saddam in duty uniform

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  Saddam addresses state television, in January 2001

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  Saddam Hussein in 1996

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  Statue of Saddam being toppled in Firdos Square after the invasion

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  Saddam is discovered and interrogated by American soldiers, December 2003

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  Saddam Hussein shortly after capture

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  Hussein after being captured and shaven to confirm his identity

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  Saddam speaks in court

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  Saddam Hussein's family, mid-late 1980s