Established after the military coup in 1968, the Revolutionary Command Council was the ultimate decision making body in Iraq before the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. It exercised both executive and legislative authority in the country, with the president and vice-presidents chosen by a two-thirds majority of the council. Combatants Coalition Forces: United States United Kingdom South Korea Italy Poland Romania Australia Denmark others. ...

The legislature is comprised of the RCC, the National Assembly and a 50-member Kurdish Legislative Council which governs the country. During his presidency of the country Saddam Hussein was Chairman of the RCC and President of the Republic. Other members of the RCC included, amongst others, Tariq Aziz, Salah Omar Al-Ali, Izzat Ibrahim Al-Douri, and Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti. Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: , [1]; born April 28, 1937[2]), was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979 until April 9, 2003, when he was deposed in the United States-led invasion of Iraq. ... Tariq Aziz, also Tareq Aziz (Arabic: طارق عزيز) (born 1936 in Tel Keppe, Iraq) was the Foreign Minister (1983–1991) and Deputy Prime Minister (1979–2003) of Iraq, and a close advisor of President Saddam Hussein for decades. ... Salah Omar Al-Ali (born on 17 July 1938) was a member of the Iraqi Revolution Command Council, and Iraqi Minister of Culture and Information, serving from 1968 to 1970, and subsequently served as ambassador to Sweden, Spain and the United Nations from 1973 to 1981. ... Izzat Ibrahim Al-Douri (born July 1, 1942) was an Iraqi military commander and was vice-president and deputy chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council until the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. ... Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti is one of three half brothers of Saddam Hussein and former leader of the Iraqi secret service, Mukhabarat. ...