IraqSaddam Hussein was president of Iraq from 1979 until 2003 and led the Baath Party. He fought wars against Iran and Kuwait, repressed Kurdish and Shia uprisings, and was executed in 2006 after the US-led invasion.
In the 12 Axes register, Saddam Hussein leans hardest on Democratic – Autocratic: Autocratic 95%; the register median is Democratic 68%.
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Where Saddam Hussein sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Extremely Centralized
Ruled a centralised one-party state
Autocracy
President 1979–2003 with a personality cult
Totalitarian
Secret police and mass executions
Nationalist
Pan-Arab and Iraqi nationalism
Expansionist
Invaded Iran in 1980 and Kuwait in 1990
Monoculturalist
Arabisation campaigns and Anfal against Kurds
Socialist
Baathist state-owned economy
Interventionism
Nationalised oil and major industry
Protectionist
Sanctions and state control of trade
Moderate
Secular Baath state, Faith Campaign in 1990s
Conservative
Conservative social order under Baath rule
Technological
Ran nuclear and chemical weapons programmes
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Saddam Hussein is at Autocratic 95%. The register median is Democratic 68%.
Irreligious – Religious
On Irreligious – Religious, Saddam Hussein is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.cidob.org
Portrait: Iraqi News Agency, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
