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 | | General Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr ((The Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects) Arabic أحمد حسن البكر) (July 1, 1914 - October 4, 1982) was (Click link for more info and facts about President of Iraq) President of Iraq from 1968 to 1979. |
 | | A leading member of the (Click link for more info and facts about Ba'ath Party) Ba'ath Party he orchestrated the 1963 (A brilliant and notable success) coup that overthrew Iraq's military leader (Click link for more info and facts about Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i) Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i. |
 | | As the president got older, more and more authority was gradually usurped by Hussein, and by the mid- (The decade from 1970 to 1979) 1970s the vice president had established virtual (Click link for more info and facts about de facto) de facto rule over the entire nation, leaning on al-Bakr to resign. |
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