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Amin al-Hafiz

1921 - 2009

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Amin al-Hafiz (Arabic: أمين الحافظ, romanized: Amīn al-Ḥāfiẓ 1921 – 17 December 2009), also known as Amin Hafez, was a Syrian general, politician, and member of the Ba'ath Party who served as the president of Syria from 27 July 1963 to 23 February 1966. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amin al-Hafiz is the 2,595th most popular politician (up from 4,312th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Syria (up from 57th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Syrian Politician.

Amin al-Hafiz was a Muslim scholar who wrote a book called "The Book of Jihad" in which he discusses the importance of jihad, or holy war, in Islam.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Amin al-Hafiz ranks 2,595 out of 19,576. Before him are Damdin Sükhbaatar, Kaidu, Leopold V, Duke of Austria, Traian Băsescu, Dagobert III, and Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders. After him are Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Bao Zheng, Sobekneferu, Tariq Aziz, Emperor Sakuramachi, and Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Amin al-Hafiz ranks 39. Before him are Gianni Agnelli, Yoichiro Nambu, Patricia Highsmith, Ralph Asher Alpher, Lana Turner, and Robert Bruce Merrifield. After him are Satyajit Ray, Deborah Kerr, Jane Russell, Marija Gimbutas, Vasily Stalin, and Jean-Marie Balestre. Among people deceased in 2009, Amin al-Hafiz ranks 20. Before him are Jean Dausset, David Carradine, Sydney Chaplin, Abdurrahman Wahid, Mercedes Sosa, and Farrah Fawcett. After him are Vitaly Ginzburg, Omar Bongo, Les Paul, Karl Malden, Raúl Alfonsín, and Milorad Pavić.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Amin al-Hafiz ranks 33 out of 210. Before him are Zimri-Lim (-1800), Michel Aflaq (1910), Ibn al-Nafis (1212), Abdul Halim Khaddam (1932), Al-Maʿarri (973), and Bassel al-Assad (1962). After him are Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (1292), Yazid II (687), Al-Walid II (706), Odaenathus (220), Nureddin al-Atassi (1929), and Yazid III (701).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Amin al-Hafiz ranks 18. Before him are Muawiya II (661), Anisa Makhlouf (1930), Antiochus II Theos (-286), Zimri-Lim (-1800), Michel Aflaq (1910), and Abdul Halim Khaddam (1932). After him are Yazid II (687), Al-Walid II (706), Odaenathus (220), Nureddin al-Atassi (1929), Yazid III (701), and Julia Soaemias (180).

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