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| parents = Kamel Hassan al-Majid
| battles = {{tree list}}
* [[Iran-Iraq War]]
* [[Gulf War]]
* [[1991 uprisings in Iraq]]
** [[Battle of Karbala (1991)]]
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| allegiance = {{flag|Ba'athist Iraq}}
| serviceyears = 1974–1995
| branch = {{army|Iraq}}
| unit = [[Iraqi Republican Guard|Republican Guard]]
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[[Colonel General]] '''Hussein Kamel Hassan al-Majid''' ({{
==Early life and military career ==
Hussein was born in Tel Al Thahab (in modern-day [[Balad District, Iraq|Balad District]], [[Saladin Governorate]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ida2at.com/military-traitor-grip-saddam-hussein/|title=آخر خدمة الغز علقة: العسكري الخائن في قبضة صدام حسين|website=ida2at.com|language=Arabic|date=18 December 2018}}</ref> He rose through the military ranks to become the Supervisor of the [[Republican Guard (Iraq)|Republican Guard]], Iraq's elite military force, in 1982. He later became the Minister of Industries, heading the Military Industrialisation Commission and supervising Iraq's weapons development programs from 1987. Hussein became [[Ministry of Oil (Iraq)|Oil Minister of Iraq]] in 1990.<ref name=ibr30oct>{{cite news|last=Ibrahim|first=Youssef M.|title=Gulf Leader Says Failed Overtures Could Mean War by Year's End|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/30/world/mideast-tensions-gulf-leader-says-failed-overtures-could-mean-war-by-year-s-end.html|accessdate=16 March 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=30 October 1990}}</ref>
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