Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 to 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003, and as prime minister for much of that time. Born in the village of Al-Awja near Tikrit, he joined the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in 1957, played a key role in the 17 July Revolution and was vice president under Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr before taking formal power in 1979. His rule included the Ba'ath Party purge, the eight-year war with Iran from 1980, the occupation of Kuwait that led to the Gulf War of 1990 to 1991, and the suppression of the 1991 uprisings of Kurds and Shia Muslims, with an estimated 250,000 arbitrary deaths and disappearances. After the 2003 invasion he was captured, convicted by the Iraqi High Tribunal in 2006 of crimes against humanity and executed.
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Saddam was born in the village of Al-Awja, near Tikrit in northern Iraq, to a peasant Sunni Arab family.
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Iraqi politician and revolutionary
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He also served as prime minister of Iraq
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28 April 1937
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30 December 2006
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served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003
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served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003
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