Ruler · 1937 – 2006

Saddam Hussein

Lived 1937 – 2006; politician, writer, military personnel. President of Iraq (Iraq), 1979 – 2003; also in the line of Ba'athist Iraq.

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Lived: 1937 – 2006; 69 years
In office: 24 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: ended by an event; Wikidata's end cause on the term

President of Iraq

Iraq · the 6th of 12 dated reigns · 1958 – 2026

2 before

Abdul-Rahman al-Bazzaz1966

Abdul Rahman Arif1966 – 1968

Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr1968 – 1979

Saddam Hussein1979 – 2003

Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer2004 – 2005

Jalal Talabani2005 – 2014

Fuad Masum2014 – 2018

3 after

died in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1979 – 2003 · 24 years · came to it aged 42

Left it: ended by an eventWikidata's end cause on the term: Battle of Baghdad

Also in the line of Ba'athist Iraq (2nd of 2).

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