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COMMANDER // 1937–2006

Saddam Hussein

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Lifespan

1937 – 2006

1940195019601970198019902000Iran–Iraq War · 1980-1988Gulf War · 1990–1991Iraq War · 2003–2011 major U.S. combat/occupation periodWar on Terrorism · 2001-2021Battle of Khorramshahr — September 22, 1980 · Iraq · Iran–Iraq WarSiege of Abadan — November 6, 1980 · Iraq · Iran–Iraq WarOperation Tariq al-Qods — December 7, 1981 · Iraq · Iran–Iraq WarOperation Ramadan — August 3, 1982 · Iraq · Iran–Iraq WarOperation Undeniable Victory — March 22, 1982 · Iraq · Iran–Iraq WarSiege of Basra — February 26, 1987 · Iraq · Iran–Iraq WarHundred-Hour Ground War — Feb 1991 · Iraq · Gulf WarKhafji — Jan 1991 · Iraq · Gulf WarOperation Desert Storm — January 17, 1991 · Iraq · Gulf War2003 invasion of Iraq — March 20, 2003 · Iraq · Iraq WarBaghdad Drive — Apr 2003 · Iraq · Iraq WarIraq War — March 20, 2003 · Ba'athist Iraq · War on TerrorismIraqi invasion of Kuwait — August 2, 2009 · Iraq · Gulf War

Active service 1980–2009 — 13 battles across 4 wars; first command at age 43.

Profile

Saddam Hussein was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003 during the United States-led invasion of Iraq. He previously served as the vice president from 1968 to 1979 and also as the prime minister from 1979 to 1991 and later from 1994 to 2003. A leading member of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party, he was a proponent of Ba'athism, a mix of Arab nationalism and Arab socialism. The policies and ideologies he championed are collectively known as Saddamism, a right-wing variant of Ba'athism.

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Battles (13)

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