[PAR] [TLE] Saddam Hussein [SEP] Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( ; Arabic: صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي "Ṣaddām Ḥusayn ʿAbd al-Maǧīd al-Tikrītī "; 28 April 1937  – 30 December 2006) was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003.  A leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and later, the Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party and its regional organization the Iraqi Ba'ath Party—which espoused Ba'athism, a mix of Arab nationalism and socialism—Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup (later referred to as the 17 July Revolution) that brought the party to power in Iraq. [PAR] [TLE] Governorates of Iraq [SEP] Iraq consists of 19 governorates ("muḥāfażah" in Arabic), also known as "provinces".  Former President Saddam Hussein divided the country into eighteen governorates in the 1970s for reasons of ethnic manipulation.  A portion of the Kurdish-inhabited area of the country was granted autonomy in 1970.  In 2003, after opposition from Kurdish people regarding the division of Kurdistan into governorates, the autonomous standing of only three Iraqi Kurdish provinces was re-confirmed in 2005 in the constitution of Iraq, leaving out many other Kurdish majority regions, such as Kirkuk, Khanaqin, Sinjar and Mandali-Badra, outside the autonomous Kurdish region.  In 2014 the decision was made to create the Halabja Governorate out of the Halabja District of Sulaymaniyah Governorate.
[PAR] [TLE] Saddam Hussein [ SEP ] Saddam Hussein Abd al - Majid al - Tikriti ( ; Arabic : صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي " Ṣaddām Ḥusayn ʿAbd al - Maǧīd al - Tikrītī " ; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006 ) was the fifth President of Iraq , serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003 . A leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party , and later , the Baghdad - based Ba'ath Party and its regional organization the Iraqi Ba'ath Party — which espoused Ba'athism , a mix of Arab nationalism and socialism — Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup ( later referred to as the 17 July Revolution ) that brought the party to power in Iraq . [PAR] [TLE] Governorates of Iraq [ SEP ] Iraq consists of 19 governorates ( " muḥāfażah " in Arabic ) , also known as " provinces " . Former President Saddam Hussein divided the country into eighteen governorates in the 1970s for reasons of ethnic manipulation . A portion of the Kurdish - inhabited area of the country was granted autonomy in 1970 . In 2003 , after opposition from Kurdish people regarding the division of Kurdistan into governorates , the autonomous standing of only three Iraqi Kurdish provinces was re - confirmed in 2005 in the constitution of Iraq , leaving out many other Kurdish majority regions , such as Kirkuk , Khanaqin , Sinjar and Mandali - Badra , outside the autonomous Kurdish region . In 2014 the decision was made to create the Halabja Governorate out of the Halabja District of Sulaymaniyah Governorate .
Iraq consists of 19 governorates, also known as "provinces",former President Saddam Hussein divided the country into eighteen governorates in the 1970s for reasons of ethnic manipulation, Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti,  was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until which date?
Iraq consists of 19 governorates , also known as " provinces",former President Saddam Hussein divided the country into eighteen governorates in the 1970s for reasons of ethnic manipulation , Saddam Hussein Abd al - Majid al - Tikriti , was the fifth President of Iraq , serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until which date ?
9 April 2003
9 April 2003