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Saddam Hussein was a member of the Ba'ath Party in Iraq. The Ba'ath Party was a pan-Arab socialist party that was founded in Syria in 1947. The party's ideology is based on Arab nationalism, socialism, and secularism. The Ba'ath Party has been in power in Iraq since 1968. Saddam Hussein was the leader of the Ba'ath Party and the President of Iraq from 1979 until 2003.