Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي Ṣaddām Ḥusayn ʿAbd al-Maǧīd al-Tikrītī) was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003.
