Saddām Hussein `Abd al-Majid al-Tikrītī (Hussein also spelled Husayn and Hussain; Arabic: صدام حسين عبدالمجيد التكريتي; (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003, when he was overthrown in the Iraq War. After being put on trial for crimes against humanity, he was sentenced to death, and was executed by hanging.
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Also known as: Hussein, Saddam, Saddam, Saddam Hussei