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Samira Shahbandar was born on 1946 in Baghdad, Iraq, is a Second wife of Saddam Hussein. Discover Samira Shahbandar's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

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Occupation Physician
Age 78 years old
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Born 1946
Birthday 1946
Birthplace Baghdad, Iraq
Nationality Iraq

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Who Is Samira Shahbandar's Wife?

His wife is Saddam Hussein (m. 1986-2006)

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Samira Shahbandar Net Worth

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1946

Samira Shahbandar (سميرة الشهابندر, born 1946) is a former Iraqi physician.

She was the second wife of Saddam Hussein.

Shahbandar was born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1946 into an aristocratic Baghdad family.

Shahbandar was reported to have had careers as a flight attendant and as a physician.

Shahbandar was married to Noureddine Safi, an Iraqi pilot and manager of Iraqi Airways.

They have two children.

1966

Shahbandar's son Mohammad Saffi was born in 1966.

1980

In the late 1980s, Shahbandar appeared in public with Saddam Hussein.

Kamel Hana Gegeo, Hussein's valet, food taster and friend, introduced Samira to him.

Hussein's secret marriage took place while he was married to Sajida Talfah, his first wife and cousin.

Sajida was extremely jealous and angry when she found out about his mistress, and her brother Adnan Khairallah complained.

Uday Hussein, Saddam Hussein's son with Sajida, was also angry over his father's mistress, took it as an insult to his mother, and believed that his status as heir apparent was threatened.

1983

In 1983, Shahbandar met Saddam Hussein, whom she reportedly had a son with.

Saddam's eldest son Uday was reported to have envied him.

Saddam Hussein forced her husband to divorce her.

1986

In 1986, Shahbandar was married to Saddam Hussein in secret.

1988

In October 1988, during a party, Uday Hussein murdered Kamel Hana Gegeo in front of horrified guests.

While Saddam Hussein declared that Uday would be tried for murder, Gegeo's parents and Sajida begged that Uday be pardoned.

2002

In 2002, Shahbandar's son from her first marriage, Mohammad Saffi, a resident of New Zealand and a flight engineer with Air New Zealand, was detained in Miami, Florida, US due to lack of a student visa where he planned to undergo flight training.

2004

As of 2004, Shahbandar was acknowledged as the wife of Saddam Hussein by United Nations.

Her character was featured heavily in the plot of BBC adaptation of House of Saddam and was played by Australian actress Christine Stephen-Daly.

In the drama, Shahbandar is portrayed as a schoolteacher, the occupation of Sajida Talfah.

2007

In a 2007 Al Riyadh interview, Ali Al-Nida Husein Al-Omar, chief of the Bejat subtribe of Al-Bu Nasir, was asked about Saddam's son from Samira Shahbandar.

The chief replied: "'Saddam had only two wives, the first was Umm [Mother of] Uday and Qusay, Sajida Khairallah Talfah and the other he married after a while, [was] Samira al-Shahbandar, he married her when she was 40 years old and she had no children from him.'"