 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1957, pazera ramakore 20, Saddam Hussein akabatana neBaath Party yakanga ichangobva kuvambwa, iyo yakavakirwa parudzi rwemagariro evanhu rwePan-Arabism. Pashure pokupinda mukuedza kwakabudirira muna 1959 kuuraya Prime Minister weIraq panguva iyoyo Abd al-Karim Qasim, Saddam akava mupoteri, uye pakupedzisira akatizira kuSyria uye ipapo kuEgypt. Pashure pokunge vaBaathist vawisira pasi mutungamiriri wehurumende muna February 1963 muIraq coup détat, uye kupandukira kwehafu yegore gare gare, Saddam akaiswa mutorongo muIraq kubva muna 1964 kusvika muna 1966. Bato reBaath rakadzokera musimba pashure perimwe kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakabudirira muna 1968. Mukuru mukuru Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, hama yaSaddam Hussein, akava purezidhendi, uye Saddam akava mutevedzeri wake. Muna 1979, Saddam Hussein akatsiva General Bakr, uye rinopfuura gore rimwe gare gare, akarayira mauto eIraq kuti apinde muIran, achitanga Hondo yeIran neIraq yaizopfuurira kusvikira muna 1988. Kupinda kweIraq muKuwait muna 1990 kwakatungamirira kuHondo yeGulf muna 1991. Muna 1998, Saddam akamisa kushandira pamwe kweIraq neUnited Nations Special Commission kuongorora zvombo zvakatemerwa Iraq mushure meHondo yeGulf, uye akachengeta vaongorori veUN kunze kusvika muna 2002. Muna March 2003, United States yakatungamirira kupinda muIraq uko kwakakurumidza kupidigura hurumende. Saddam akatiza guta guru reBaghdad nguva pfupi risati rawa pakati paApril, ndokunyangarika; pakupedzisira akabatwa pana December 13 wegore iroro navarwi veU.S. Saddam akaramba ari muchitokisi chemauto eU.S. munguva yose yokutongwa kwake kwemhosva kwakatevera. Musi waNovember 5, 2006, Saddam akawanwa ane mhaka yemhosva dzinopesana nevanhu, uye akaendeswa kuHurumende yeIraqi yenguva pfupi kuti aurayiwekupfurikidza nokurovererwa pamberi chaipo pokuguma kwegore iroro, pana 30 December. 