Rana Saddam Hussein () (born 25 July 1969) is the second-eldest daughter of the former

President of Iraq The President of the Republic of Iraq is the head of state of Iraq. Since the mid-2000s, the presidency is primarily a symbolic office, as the position does not possess significant power within the country according to the Constitution of Iraq, ...

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until Saddam Hussein statue destruction, his overthrow in 2003 during the 2003 invasion of Ira ...

and his first wife,

Sajida Talfah Sajida Khairallah Talfah (; born 1935) is the widow of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, and mother of two sons ( Uday and Qusay) and three daughters ( Raghad, Rana, and Hala) with him. She is the oldest daughter of Khairallah Talfah, ...

. Her older sister is Raghad and younger sister is Hala.

Biography

In 1986, she married Saddam Kamel al-Majid, brother of Hussein Kamel al-Majid, her elder sister Raghad's husband. She has four children. She accompanied her husband to

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in 1995, where she lived from 8 August of that year to 20 February 1996. They returned to Iraq after receiving assurances from Saddam Hussein that he would pardon Kamel and his brother, Hussein Kamel al-Majid. Despite this promise, before the end of the month, both Saddam Kamel al-Majid and Hussein Kamel al-Majid were shot and killed by other clan members who declared them traitors. In 1997, her brother

Uday Hussein Uday Saddam Hussein (; 18 June 1964 – 22 July 2003) was an Iraqi politician and businessman. He was the eldest son of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and his first wife Sajida Talfah. Owing to his family connections, Uday held various roles i ...

put Rana and her sister Raghad under house arrest for involvement in a plot to assassinate him. On 31 July 2003, she went back to Jordan, where King Abdullah granted her family asylum. As of 2023, she still lives in Jordan.

References

1969 births Children of presidents of Iraq Living people Iraqi Sunni Muslims Tulfah family Place of birth missing (living people) Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region politicians {{iraq-bio-stub