1979 Ba'ath Party purge
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A public purge of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party was orchestrated on 22 July 1979 by then-president Saddam Hussein, six days after his accession to the presidency of the Iraqi Republic.
Saddam Hussein speech during the purge
Still from an off-air recording of Saddam's speech during the purge
Joint meeting of the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) and the Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region in Baghdad – Iraq, on 16 June 1988, presided by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein; on his right side is RCC deputy chairman Izzat Ibrahim ad-Duri.
Saddam Hussein at trial, July 2004
Saddam Hussein
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Saddam Hussein was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003 during the Iraq war. He previously served as the vice president
1979 Ba'ath Party purge
…A public purge of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party was orchestrated on 22 July 1979 by then-president Saddam Hussein, six days after his accession to the presidency of the Iraqi Republic. Six days after the resignation of President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr and Hussein's…
Official portrait, 1979
Saddam in his youth as a shepherd in his village, near Tikrit, 1956
Saddam and other Ba'athists posing on top of a tank after a successful coup in February 1963
Saddam and al-Bakr, de jure president of Iraq alongside Hafez al-Assad of Syria at an Arab League summit in Baghdad in November 1978