Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth President of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. He was a leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party. He played a key role in the 1968 coup that brought the party to power in Iraq....