Saddam Hussein

Birthday: April 28th, 1937 Date of Death: December 30th, 2006 Place of Birth: al-Awja, Iraq

Saddam Hussein was an Iraqi Socialist politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. As leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and later, the Ba'ath Party.