WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937– 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who was the fifth president of Iraq, from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. He also served as prime minister of Iraq, first from 16 July 1979 until 23 March 1991, and later from 29 May 1994 to 9 April 2003.

Detailed explanation-2: -2006. The Iraqi Parliament approved Nuri al-Maliki as Iraq’s third prime minister since Saddam Hussein’s ouster. His cabinet included representatives from most Iraqi sects and ethnic groups, although three key cabinet positions remained unfilled due to sectarian disagreements.

Detailed explanation-3: -Saddam Hussein has the dubious distinction of being the best-known Middle Eastern dictator. He ruled Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow and capture by a US-led coalition, in 2003. Born to a peasant family near Tikrit, the teenage Saddam immersed himself in the anti-British, Arab nationalist ideology of the day.

Detailed explanation-4: -The RCC was controlled by the Ba’ath Party; RCC members had to be members of the Ba’ath Party’s Regional Command. Saddam Hussein, as President of Iraq, was also RCC chairman and General Secretary of the Ba’ath Party’s Regional (and National) Command.

Detailed explanation-5: -Saddam staged a palace coup by forcing the ailing al-Bakr to resign “for health reasons.” The ailing al-Bakr resigned under the threat of force, and formally transferred the presidency and chairmanship of the RCC to the “cherished comrade Saddam Hussein".