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Saddam Hussein [ c ] 28 April — 30 December was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from until his overthrow in He previously served as the vice president of Iraq from to and also served as prime minister from to and later from to He was a leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and later its Iraqi regional branch.

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Ideologically, he espoused Ba'athism , a mix of Arab nationalism and Arab socialism , while the policies and political ideas he championed are collectively known as Saddamism. He played a key role in the 17 July Revolution and was appointed vice president by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr. During his tenure as vice president, Saddam nationalized the Iraq Petroleum Company , diversifying the Iraqi economy.

Following al-Bakr's resignation in , Saddam formally took power, although he had already been the de facto head of Iraq for several years.

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Positions of power in the country were mostly filled with Sunni Arabs, a minority that made up about a fifth of the population. In , upon taking office, Saddam purged the Ba'ath Party. He ordered the invasion of Iran in in a purported effort to capture Iran 's Arab-majority Khuzestan province , and end Iranian attempts to export its revolution to the Arab world and overthrow his regime.

At the end of the war, Saddam ordered the Anfal campaign against Kurdish rebels who sided with Iran, recognized as an act of genocide by Human Rights Watch. Later, Saddam accused his former ally Kuwait of slant-drilling Iraq's oil reserves and invaded the country , initiating the Gulf War — , which ended in Iraq's defeat by a United States -led multinational coalition.

The United Nations subsequently placed sanctions against Iraq. Saddam brutally suppressed the Iraqi uprisings of the Kurds and Shias , which sought to gain independence or overthrow the government. Saddam adopted an anti-American stance and established the Faith Campaign , pursuing an Islamist agenda in Iraq. In , a US-led coalition invaded Iraq , falsely accusing Saddam of developing weapons of mass destruction and of having ties with al-Qaeda.

After the quick coalition victory in the war, the Ba'ath Party was banned and Saddam went into hiding.