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| birth_place = [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraqi Republic]]
| party = [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region|Ba'ath Party]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Hussein Kamel al-Majid]]|1983|1996|end=died}}
| children = 5
| father = [[Saddam Hussein]]
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'''Raghad Saddam Hussein''' ({{lang-ar|رغد صدام حسين}}; born 2 September 1968) is an Iraqi in exile and the eldest daughter of former Iraqi ruler [[Saddam Hussein]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Saddam Hussein's daughter on Iraq's most-wanted list|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhQGrGhFzxY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/rhQGrGhFzxY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2021-04-22}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
== Biography ==
Raghad Hussein was married in 1983 to [[Hussein Kamel al-Majid]], her cousin who later defected in 1995 and shared government weapons secrets with [[UNSCOM]], the [[CIA]] and [[MI6]]. Hussein Kamel was killed in 1996 along with his brother [[Saddam Kamel]], allegedly<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cordesman |first=Anthony H |title=Iraq: Sanctions and Beyond |last2=Hashim |first2=Ahmed S |date=1997 |publisher=Avalon Publishing |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-7867-4234-9}}</ref> by fellow clan members who declared them traitors. Saddam Hussein had allegedly made it clear that although he had pardoned both Hussein Kamel and his brother, they would lose all status, and would not receive any protection.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|first=Basma|last=Atassi|title=Saddam Hussein's daughter: Trump has 'political sensibility'|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/22/middleeast/raghad-saddam-hussein-interview/index.html|access-date=2020-09-11|website=[[CNN]]|date=December 22, 2016}}</ref>
Raghad Hussein had five children with Hussein Kamel: three sons, Ali, Saddam and Wahej; and two daughters, Hareer and Banan.
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Hussein is listed on Iraq's most wanted list of individuals alongside 59 others. It also features 28 ISIL fighters, 12 from [[Al-Qaeda]] and 20 from the [[Baath party]], giving details of the roles they play in their organisations, the crimes of which they are suspected, and, in most cases, photographs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saddam's eldest daughter Raghad on most wanted list|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/02/saddam-eldest-daughter-raghad-wanted-list-180204163537080.html|access-date=2020-06-25|website=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref> {{As of|2021}}, she was still living in [[Amman]], but wished to come back to Iraq.<ref name=":0" />
On 22 October 2023, a court in Baghdad sentenced her in absentia to seven years in prison for promoting activities of outlawed Baath party, during her television interviews in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/iraq-sentences-saddam-hussein-s-daughter-for-promoting-banned-political-party/7321724.html |title=Iraq Sentences Saddam Hussein's Daughter for Promoting Banned Political Party |publisher=VOA News |date=22 October 2023 }}</ref>
==See also==
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[[Category:Fugitives wanted on terrorism charges]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:21st-century Iraqi criminals]]
[[Category:Iraqi exiles]]
[[Category:Iraqi expatriates in Jordan]]
[[Category:Iraqi Sunni Muslims]]
[[Category:Tulfah family]]
[[Category:Iraqi female criminals]]
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