What is Saddam Hussein?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Saddam Hussein<br><small>صِدَامُ حُسَيْنٍ</small> | height = 6’0½” to 6’2” | image = Saddam Hussein in 1998.png | office = [[President of Iraq]] | term_start = 16 July 1979 | term_end = 9 April 2003 | primeminister = [[Sa'dun Hammadi]]<br>[[Mohammed Amza Zubeidi]]<br>[[Ahmad Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai]] | predecessor = [[Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr]] | successor = [[Abdul Aziz al-Hakim]] <small>([[Prime Minister of Iraq|President of the Governing council]])</small> | office1 = [[Prime Minister of Iraq]] | term_start1 = 29 May 1994 | term_end1 = 9 April 2003 | predecessor1 = [[Ahmad Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai]] | successor1 = [[Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum]] <small>(Acting President of the [[Iraqi Governing Council|Governing Council]])</small> | term_start2 = 16 July 1979 | term_end2 = 23 March 1991 | predecessor2 = [[Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr]] | successor2 = [[Sa'dun Hammadi]] | office3 = Leader of the [[Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-led faction)|Ba'ath Party]] | term_start3 = 23 June 1989 | term_end3 = 30 December 2006 | predecessor3 = [[Michel Aflaq]] | successor3 = [[Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri]] | office4 = Chairperson of the [[Revolutionary Command Council (Iraq)|Revolutionary Command Council]] | term_start4 = 16 July 1979 | term_end4 = 9 April 2003 | predecessor4 = [[Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr]] | successor4 = Position abolished | birth_date = {{birth_date|1939|7|01|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Al-Awja]], [[Kingdom of Iraq (1932–58)|Iraq]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2006|12|30|1939|7|01|df=y}} | death_place = [[Kadhimiya]], [[Iraq]] | party = [[Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-led faction)|Ba'ath Party]] | otherparty = [[National Progressive Front (Iraq)|National Progressive Front]] | spouse