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Aḥmad Ḥasan al-Bakr
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Born 1914 • Tikrīt • Iraq
Died October 4, 1982 (aged 68) • Baghdad • Iraq
Title / Office president (1968-1979), Iraq
Political Affiliation Baʿath Party
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein
president of Iraq
Tariq Aziz
Iraqi public official
Nouri al-Maliki
Nouri al-Maliki
prime minister of Iraq
Ibrahim al-Jaafari
prime minister of Iraq
Ayad Allawi
Ayad Allawi
prime minister of Iraq
Faisal I
Faisal I
king of Iraq
Nuri al-Said
Nuri al-Said
Iraqi statesman
ʿAbd al-Karīm Qāsim
prime minister of Iraq
Talabani, Jalal
Jalal Talabani
president of Iraq
Uday Hussein
Uday Hussein
Iraqi official
Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
prime minister of Iraq
Faisal II
king of Iraq
ʿAbd al-Salām ʿĀrif
president of Iraq
Jamil al-Midfaʿi
Iraqi statesman
ʿAlī Ḥasan al-Majīd
ʿAlī Ḥasan al-Majīd
Iraqi official
Zangī
Iraqi ruler
Qusay Hussein
Qusay Hussein
Iraqi official
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Bazzāz
Iraqi leader
ʿAbd al-Ilāh
ʿAbd al-Ilāh
Iraqi prince
Bakr Ṣidqī
Iraqi general