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| image        =[[File:Saddam Hussein, 1998.jpg|250px]]

| image        =[[File:Saddam Hussein, 1998.jpg|250px]]

| name        =Saddam Hussein

| name        =Saddam Hussein

| birth        =April 28, 1937<br/>Al-Awja, Iraq

| birth        =April 28, 1935<br/>Al-Awja, Iraq

| parents      =Hussein 'Abid al-Majid<br/>Subha Tulfah al-Mussallat

| parents      =Hussein 'Abid al-Majid<br/>Subha Tulfah al-Mussallat

| religion    =Islam (Sunni)

| religion    =Islam (Sunni)

| spouse      =Sajida Talfah

| spouse      =Sajida Talfah

| children    =Uday Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti<br/>Qusay Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti<br/>Raghad Saddam<br/>Rana Saddam<br/>Hala Saddam

| children    =Uday Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti<br/>Qusay Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti<br/>Raghad Saddam<br/>Rana Saddam<br/>Hala Saddam

| death        =December 30, 2006 (aged 69)<br/>Kadhimiya, Iraq

| death        =December 30, 2006 (aged 71) <br/>Kadhimiya, Iraq

| deathmanner  =Executed by hanging

| deathmanner  =Executed by hanging

| burial      =Al-Awja, Iraq

| burial      =Al-Awja, Iraq

| deathnumber  =1,000,000+

| deathnumber  =1,000,000+

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'''Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti''' (most often referred to as simply Saddam Hussein) (April 28, 1937 – December 30, 2006) was the [[Sunni]] President of [[Iraq]] from July 16, 1979<ref>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aasaddambio.htm</ref> to December 14, 2003.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3317429.stm</ref> Hussein was a Socialist, following other modern [[Socialist]] movements and the [[Nasser]] model. He brought change and [[secularization]] to an otherwise faith-based and religiously guided society, and even appointed Tariq Aziz, a member of the [[Assyrians]], as Deputy prime minister from 1983-2003. To the consternation of Islamic conservatives, his government gave women freedoms and offered them high-level government and industry jobs. Hussein also created a Western-style legal system, making Iraq the only country in the Persian Gulf region not ruled according to traditional Islamic law (Sharia). Hussein abolished the Sharia law courts, except for personal injury claims.

'''Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti''' (most often referred to as simply Saddam Hussein) (April 28, 1935 – December 30, 2006) was the [[Sunni]] President of [[Iraq]] from July 16, 1979<ref>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aasaddambio.htm</ref> to December 14, 2003.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3317429.stm</ref> Hussein was a Socialist, following other modern [[Socialist]] movements and the [[Nasser]] model. He brought change and [[secularization]] to an otherwise faith-based and religiously guided society, and even appointed Tariq Aziz, a member of the [[Assyrians]], as Deputy prime minister from 1983-2003. To the consternation of Islamic conservatives, his government gave women freedoms and offered them high-level government and industry jobs. Hussein also created a Western-style legal system, making Iraq the only country in the Persian Gulf region not ruled according to traditional Islamic law (Sharia). Hussein abolished the Sharia law courts, except for personal injury claims.

==Iran-Iraq War==

==Iran-Iraq War==