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Saddam Hussein
  Category:   Iraqi President
 
  Born:   28 Apr 1937  at  Tikrit, Iraq  
 

 
Biography:   Became president of Iraq when president Ahmad Hassan al-Bakr resigned in 1979. Launched Iran-Iraq (First Gulf War) in September 1980 over control of Iranian territory. Ordered invasion of Kuwait in August 1990.



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