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Bashar al-Assad

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Bashar al-Assad (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian former politician, military officer and dictator who served as the president of Syria from 2000 until his government was overthrown in 2024 after 13 years of civil war. As president, Assad was commander-in-chief of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces and secretary-general of the Central Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. He is the son of Hafez al-Assad, who ruled Syria from 1970 to 2000. In the 1980s, Assad became a doctor, and in the early 1990s he was training in London as an ophthalmologist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bashar al-Assad is the 249th most popular politician (up from 819th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Syria (up from 9th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Syrian Politician.

Bashar al-Assad is most famous for being the president of Syria. He has been in power since 2000 and has been accused of using chemical weapons on his own people.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bashar al-Assad ranks 249 out of 19,576. Before him are Louis IX of France, Yuri Andropov, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Vallabhbhai Patel, and Emperor Meiji. After him are Harun al-Rashid, Ay, Mustafa I, Barbara Bush, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maximilian I of Mexico.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Bashar al-Assad ranks 1. After him are Shah Rukh Khan, Robert Downey Jr., Dmitry Medvedev, J. K. Rowling, Hans-Dieter Flick, Petro Poroshenko, The Undertaker, Salman Khan, Scottie Pippen, Tedros Adhanom, and Gheorghe Hagi.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Bashar al-Assad ranks 2 out of 210. Before him are Hafez al-Assad (1930). After him are Elagabalus (203), Pope Gregory III (700), John of Damascus (676), Zenobia (240), Yazid I (647), Pope Anicetus (70), Philip the Arab (204), Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Apollodorus of Damascus (50), and Julia Domna (160).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Bashar al-Assad ranks 2. Before him are Hafez al-Assad (1930). After him are Elagabalus (203), Zenobia (240), Yazid I (647), Philip the Arab (204), 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).

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