Identity
Current Charges
- Authoritarian one-party rule.
- Mass repression and political killings.
- Use of chemical weapons against civilians.
- Persecution of Kurds, Shia communities, and political opponents.
Full Bio
Saddam Hussein was President of Iraq from 1979 until 2003. His rule was marked by one-party control, repression, wars, use of chemical weapons, persecution of minority groups, and mass human-rights abuses.