Uday Saddam Hussein
| Uday Saddam Hussein | |
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| Commander of the Fedayeen Saddam | |
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In office 1995–1996 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Qusay Saddam |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
18 June 1964 Tikrit, Iraq |
| Died | 22 July 2003 (aged 39) Mosul, Iraq |
| Parents |
Saddam Hussein (deceased) Sajida Talfah |
| Relatives |
Qusay Hussein (brother, deceased) Ragad Hussein (sister) |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Baathist Iraq
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| Service/branch | Fedayeen Saddam |
| Years of service | 1995–2003 |
| Rank | Commander |
| Battles/wars | 2003 Iraq War |
Uday Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti (Arabic: عُدي صدّام حُسين) (18 June 1964 – 22 July 2003) was the eldest son of Saddam Hussein by his first wife, Sajida Talfah, and the brother of Qusay Hussein. Uday was seen, for several years, as the likely successor to his father, but lost the place as heir apparent to Qusay due to injuries he sustained in an assassination attempt, his increasingly erratic behavior, and his troubled relationship with the family.
His reputed actions include multiple allegations of rape, murder and torture, including of Iraqi Olympic athletes and the national football team. He was several times imprisoned, exiled and received a nominal death sentence by his father's regime.
Following the United States-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, he was killed alongside his brother Qusay, and nephew Mustapha by Task Force 20 after a three-hour gunfight in Mosul.
Uday Saddam was born in Tikrit to Saddam Hussein and Sajida Talfah while his father was in prison.
Uday graduated from high school with very high marks. He started his university days in the Baghdad University College of Medicine. He only lasted in the medical college for three days, after which he moved to College of Engineering about a kilometer away. Uday gained a degree in engineering and graduated summa cum laude from Baghdad University, ranking No. 1 in a class of 76 students. However, some of his professors later admitted that Uday barely managed to earn passing grades in many of his classes, and was granted the honour of valedictorian solely because he was Saddam's son.
Although his status as Saddam's elder son made him Saddam's prospective successor, Uday fell out of favour with his father. In October 1988, at a party in honour of Suzanne Mubarak, wife of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Uday murdered his father's personal valet and food taster, Kamel Hana Gegeo, possibly at the request of his mother. Before an assemblage of horrified guests, an intoxicated Uday bludgeoned Gegeo and repeatedly stabbed him with an electric carving knife. Gegeo had recently introduced Saddam to a younger woman, Samira Shahbandar, who later became Saddam's second wife. Uday considered his father's relationship with Shahbandar an insult to his mother. He also may have feared losing succession to Gegeo, whose loyalty and fidelity to Saddam Hussein was unquestioned.
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