Saddam Hussein facts for kids
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Saddam Hussein
صدام حسين |
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President of Iraq | |
In office 16 July 1979 – 9 April 2003 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Preceded by | Michel Aflaq |
Succeeded by | Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri |
Chairperson of the Revolutionary Command Council | |
In office 16 July 1979 – 9 April 2003 |
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Preceded by | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Al-Awja, Iraq |
28 April 1937
Died | 30 December 2006 Kadhimiya, Iraq |
(aged 69)
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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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