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Anisa Makhlouf

1930 - 2016

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Anisa Makhlouf (Arabic: أَنِيسَةُ مَخْلُوفٍ, romanized: ʾAnīsah Maḵlūf; 5 November 1930 – 6 February 2016) was the matriarch of the Syrian Al-Assad family, which ruled the country from 1971 to December 2024. The wife of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, Makhlouf remained the Syrian First Lady from 1971 until 2000. Her son Bashar al-Assad was President of Syria from 2000 until the Assad regime was overthrown in 2024. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anisa Makhlouf is the 1,993rd most popular politician (up from 6,111th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Syria (up from 76th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Syrian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Anisa Makhlouf ranks 1,993 out of 19,576. Before her are Karl Renner, William II, Prince of Orange, Seti II, Senakhtenre Ahmose, Gaston, Duke of Orléans, and Abdullah Yusuf Azzam. After her are Ismail Ibn Sharif, Keir Starmer, Uzun Hasan, Toghrul, Munjong of Joseon, and Olybrius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Anisa Makhlouf ranks 42. Before her are George E. Smith, Leon Cooper, Niki de Saint Phalle, Claude Chabrol, Carlos Menem, and Jerome Isaac Friedman. After her are Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen, Tony Lip, Hugh Everett III, Pat Robertson, Joanne Woodward, and Harold Pinter. Among people deceased in 2016, Anisa Makhlouf ranks 31. Before her are Harper Lee, Prince, Abbas Kiarostami, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, S. R. Nathan, and Queen Anne of Romania. After her are Frank Sinatra Jr., Walter Scheel, Elie Wiesel, Jerome Bruner, Kenny Baker, and Harry Kroto.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Anisa Makhlouf ranks 23 out of 210. Before her are Marwan II (688), Aemilius Papinianus (142), Iamblichus (245), Al-Adil I (1145), Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691), and Muawiya II (661). After her are Khaled al-Asaad (1932), Antiochus II Theos (-286), Avidius Cassius (130), Zimri-Lim (-1800), Michel Aflaq (1910), and Ibn al-Nafis (1212).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Anisa Makhlouf ranks 13. Before her are Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Abd al-Rahman I (731), Marwan II (688), Al-Adil I (1145), Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691), and Muawiya II (661). After her are Antiochus II Theos (-286), Zimri-Lim (-1800), Michel Aflaq (1910), Abdul Halim Khaddam (1932), Amin al-Hafiz (1921), and Yazid II (687).

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