Saddam husseins biography

President of Iraq from to

"Saddam" redirects here. For other uses, see Saddam (disambiguation).

Saddam Hussein^[c] (28 April – 30 December ) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from until his overthrow in He previously served as the vice president of Iraq from to and also served as prime minister from to and later from to 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.

Saddam husseins biography

Saddam was born in the village of Al-Awja, near Tikrit in northern Iraq, to a SunniArab family.^[8] He joined the Ba'ath Party in , and later in the Iraqi and Baghdad-based Ba'ath parties. He played a key role in the 17 July Revolution and was appointed vice president by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr.

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