Iraq Head of state
Saddam Hussein
صدام حسينPresident of Iraq 1979-2003 (1937-2006). Ba'athist leader; ruled through the Iran-Iraq War, the 1990 invasion of Kuwait, and the 2003 US-led invasion that ended his rule. Captured in December 2003 and executed on 2006-12-30 by the post-Saddam Iraqi government.
- Country
- Iraq
- Party
- Ba'ath Party (Syria)
- Role
- Head of state
- Status
- Historical figure
Inherited position
Until Saddam Hussein is scored from their own documents, this page shows their party's compass position. Where individuals visibly diverge from the party line, the gap is noted in the description above; quantifying it is what per-individual document scoring will add.
Other politicians in Ba'ath Party (Syria)
Politicians who share this party affiliation. Active in-government figures appear first; historical figures (dimmed) at the end. All affiliated →
On the record
Quotes attributed to Saddam Hussein that have passed verification. Each carries a year, the context of the statement, and at least one source citation. Browse the full corpus or play the "Who said it?" game.
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The great showdown has begun. The mother of all battles is upon us.
لقد بدأت المواجهة الكبرى. أمّ المعارك قد قدمت.
Source documents
Texts tied to this politician — speeches, interviews, op-eds. The scoring pipeline reads these when scoring positions against documents. All documents →
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Speech Arabic 2001-01-17 Saddam Hussein — Address on the 10th anniversary of the 1991 Gulf War (the “Mother of All Battles”), 17 January 2001 (official Iraqi-government English translation of Arabic)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate Great people, […] Arabs, […] Peace be with you and Allah's Mercy and Blessings! On a day like this day in the year 1991, a marvel happened on both sides of an…
How to cite
Each record carries a retrieval date because the dataset is live — individual entries update as verification deepens. Use the per-record citation when referencing this specific profile; use the dataset citation below when referencing the project as a whole.
In-text: (Gara, 2026)
Per-record citation
APA 7Reference list · academic default
Gara, T. (2026). Saddam Hussein [Politician profile]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/saddam-hussein
Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals
Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Saddam Hussein." Politician profile, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/saddam-hussein.
BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers
@misc{tayyar-saddam-hussein,
title = {{Saddam Hussein}},
author = {Gara, Tarek},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
type = {Politician profile},
url = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/saddam-hussein},
urldate = {2026-06-21},
note = {First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
} Dataset / working-paper citation
If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.
APA 7Preprint
Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper
BibTeXPreprint
@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
title = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
author = {Gara, Tarek},
year = {2026},
type = {Preprint},
url = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
urldate = {2026-06-21},
note = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
} First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.