Iraqi general and politician, 5th President of Iraq (died 2006)

Saddam Hussein

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 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.

Born

1937

April 28

Died

2006

Era

1930s

Country

—

About

Saddam, in brief

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 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.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Life timeline

Key dates

  1. 1937 Born
  2. 2006 Died

Also on April 28

What else happened on this day, through history

See all of April 28 →

The world in 1937

When Saddam arrived

Read the year 1937 →

Same-day contemporaries

Also born on April 28

Andy Flower 1968– South-African-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach Ann-Margret 1941– Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer Bradley Wiggins 1980– English cyclist Carolyn Jones 1930–1983 American actress (died 1983) Dick Ayers 1924–2014 American author and illustrator (died 2014) Heinrich Müller 1900–2000 German SS officer, Gestapo chief, and key individual in the Holocaust (died 1945) Kenneth Kaunda 1924–2021 Zambian educator and politician, first president of Zambia (died 2021) Mary McDonnell 1952– American actress Miodrag Radulovacki 1933–2014 Serbian-American neuropharmacologist and academic (died 2014)

See everything on April 28 →

Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1937

Abner Haynes 1937–2024 American football player (born 1937) Alain Badiou 1937– French philosopher and academic Alice Coltrane 1937–2007 American pianist and composer (died 2007) Barry Switzer 1937– American football player and coach Bill Cosby 1937– American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter Billy Meier 1937– Swiss author and photographer Birju Maharaj 1937–2022 Indian dancer, composer, singer and exponent of the Lucknow "Kalka-Bindadin" Gharana of Kathak dance (died 2022) Bobby Charlton 1937–2023 English footballer and manager (died 2023) Carlos Lamarca 1937–1971 Brazilian captain (died 1971)

Read about the year 1937 →

Keep going

More to explore

Saddam's birthday April 28 Saddam's zodiac Taurus When Saddam arrived 1937