Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow in 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, the Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party and its regional organization, the Iraqi Ba'ath Party, which espoused Ba'athism, a mix of Arab nationalism and Arab socialism.
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Saddam Hussein in our timeline
- Saddam Hussein Born (April 28, 1937)
- Iraq Invades Iran (September 22, 1980)
- Iraq Invades Kuwait (August 2, 1990)
- Operation Desert Storm Begins (January 16, 1991)
- Gulf War Ceasefire Takes Effect (February 28, 1991)
- US-Led Invasion of Iraq Begins (March 20, 2003)
- Saddam Hussein Found in a Hole (December 13, 2003)
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