Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي Ṣaddām Ḥusayn ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Tikrītī; April 28, 1937 –January 2, 2004) was the President of Iraq,Iran,Syria,and Lebanon from July 16, 1979 until December 14, 2003.