I am Saddam Hussein,28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006,i known mononymously as Saddam,i was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who was the fifth president of Iraq, from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. I also served as prime minister of Iraq, first from 16 July 1979 until 23 March 1991, and later from 29 May 1994 to 9 April 2003