    {{infobox officeholder |name = saddam hussein |native_name = ØµØ¯Ø§Ù Ø­Ø³ÙÙ |image = saddam hussein.png |office = 5th president of iraq |term_start = 16 july 1979 |term_end = 9 april 2003 |primeminister =  |predecessor = ahmed hassan al-bakr |successor = coalition provisional authority |office1 = chairman of the revolutionary command council of iraq |term_start1 = 16 july 1979 |term_end1 = 9 april 2003 |predecessor1 = ahmed hassan al-bakr |successor1 = post abolished |office2 = prime minister of iraq |term_start2 = 29 may 1994 |term_end2 = 9 april 2003 |predecessor2 = ahmad husayn khudayir as-samarrai |successor2 = mohammad bahr al-ulloum (as acting president of the governing council of iraq) |term_start3 = 16 july 1979 |term_end3 = 23 march 1991 |predecessor3 = ahmed hassan al-bakr |successor3 = sa'dun hammadi |office4 = secretary of the national command of the arab socialist ba'ath party |term_start4 = january 1992 |term_end4 = 30 december 2006 |predecessor4 = michel aflaq |successor4 = vacant |office5 = regional secretary of the regional command of the iraqi regional branch |1blankname5 = national&nbsp;secretary |1namedata5 = michel aflaq (until 1989)himself |term_start5 = 16 july 1979 |term_end5 = 30 december 2006 |predecessor5 = ahmed hassan al-bakr |successor5 = izzat ibrahim ad-douri |term_start6 = february 1964 |term_end6 = october 1966 |successor6 = ahmed hassan al-bakr |predecessor6 = ahmed hassan al-bakr |office7 = member of the regional command of the iraqi regional branch |term_start7 = february 1964 |term_end7 = 9 april 2003 |birth_name = saddam hussein abd al-majid al-tikriti |birth_date =  |birth_place = al-awja, saladin province, iraq |death_date =  |death_place = kadhimiya, baghdad, iraq |nationality = iraqi |party = arab socialist ba'ath party (1957â1966)baghdad-based ba'ath party(1966â2006) |otherparty = national progressive front(1974â2003)http://www.britannica.com/ebchecked/topic/926874/national-progressive-fronthttp://books.google.jo/books?id=4cfbkvsiweqc&pg=pa494&lpg=pa494&dq=national+
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