 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Aive mutungamiri weTank Brigade muRepublican Palace, uyo akatumira matangi ake pasi ndokutora kutonga kweimba yamambo neredhiyo panguva yekubvuta hurumende muna Chikunguru 1968. Akabatana neRevolutionary Command Council kubvira muna Chikunguru 17, 1968 shanduko yebasa rake guru mariri, ndokuzova mutevedzeri wemutungamiri weRevolutionary Command Council apo Saddam Hussein akatora chinzvimbo chemutungamiri wenyika musi waChikunguru 16, 1979. Akabata chinzvimbo cheGurukota reMukati kubva muna Kubvumbi 1970 kusvika Mbudzi 11 1974. Musi waJune 30, 1973, akakuvadzwa panguva yekuedza kwaNazim Kazar kupidigura hurumende, uye Gurukota rezvekudzivirirwa kwenyika, Hammad Shihab, akaurayiwa. Musi waNovember 11, 1974, akabata chinzvimbo cheGurukota rezvekutakurwa kwezvinhu, ndokuzoita Gurukota rezvekutakurwa kwezvinhu nekutaurirana, kutanga muna Chivabvu 1978 mushure mekubatanidzwa kwemapazi maviri aya. Musi waChikunguru 16, 1979, apo Saddam Hussein akatora hutungamiri, akabata chinzvimbo cheMutevedzeri weMutungamiriri wehurumende uku achiramba akabata chinzvimbo cheGurukota rezvekutakurwa uye Kutaurirana. Akabviswa pachigaro chake musi wa27 Chikumi 1982, uye akafa muna 1985. 