Editing Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (section)

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|Image = Ahmad Hassan el Bakr.jpg
|fullname = Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
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|origin = Tikrit, Ottoman Empire
|occupation = President of Iraq (1968 - 1979)<br>Prime Minister of Iraq (1963; 1968 - 1969)<br>Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council (1968 - 1979)
|type of villain = Dictator
|goals = Establish Ba'athist rule in Iraq (successful)<br>Suppress the Kurds (successful)<br>Strengthen ties with the Soviet Union (successful)
|crimes = Cronyism<br>Nepotism<br>Mass repression<br>[[Authoritarianism]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Propaganda]]
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'''Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr''' (Arabic: أحمد حسن البكر‎ ''''<nowiki/>'Aḥmad Ḥasan al-Bakr''''; 1 July 1914 – 4 October 1982) was the 4th President of Iraq, from July 17 1968 until July 16 1979. A leading member of the revolutionary [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party]], and later, the Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party and its regional organisation Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region (the Ba'ath Party's Iraqi branch), which espoused Ba'athism, a mix of Arab nationalism and Arab socialism.