Quick Facts About Saddam Hussein
- Born
- April 28, 1937
- Died
- December 30, 2006
- Nationality
- Ba'athist Iraq
- Profession
- Military Personnel
- Notable works
- Niḍālunā wa-al-siyāsah al-dawlīyah
- Known for
- Zabibah and the King, The Fortified Castle
- Spouse
- Sajida Talfah
About Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003 during the United States-led invasion of Iraq. He previously served as the vice president from 1968 to 1979 and also as the prime minister from 1979 to 1991 and later from 1994 to 2003. A leading member of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party, he was a proponent of Ba'athism, a mix of Arab nationalism and Arab socialism. The policies and ideologies he championed are collectively known as Saddamism, a "right-wing" variant of Ba'athism.
Biography source:
Wikipedia
Awards & Honors
Order of the National Flag
Order of the Yugoslav Star
Order of Mubarak the Great
Order of Isabella the Catholic
Friendship Order
Order of José Martí
Order of al-Hussein bin Ali
Order of Al-Khalifa
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Order of the National Flag, 1st class
Order of Stara Planina
Order of Civil Merit
Order of the Two Rivers
National Order of Merit
Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
Collar of the Spanish Order of the Civil Merit
Key to the City of Detroit
Order of the Grand Conqueror
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