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Bassel al-Assad

1962 - 1994

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Bassel al-Assad (Arabic: بَاسِلُ ٱلْأَسَدِ, romanized: Bāsil al-ʾAsad; 23 March 1962 – 21 January 1994) was a Syrian military officer, engineer and politician. He was the eldest son of the 18th Syrian president Hafez al-Assad. He was expected to succeed his father as president until his death in a car crash in January 1994. After his death, his younger brother Bashar became heir apparent to the Syrian presidency and ultimately succeeded their father upon his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bassel al-Assad is the 29th most popular engineer (up from 203rd in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Syria (up from 132nd in 2019) and the most popular Syrian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Bassel al-Assad ranks 29 out of 389. Before him are Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Banū Mūsā, Leslie Groves, Hans Albert Einstein, August Horch, and Willy Messerschmitt. After him are Hermann Oberth, Jiro Horikoshi, Philo of Byzantium, Albert Göring, Lennart Torstensson, and Theodore von Kármán.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Bassel al-Assad ranks 18. Before him are Frank Rijkaard, Claudia Sheinbaum, Nicolás Maduro, Keir Starmer, Ralph Fiennes, and Olga Tokarczuk. After him are Aleksandr Dugin, Sandra, Ismail Haniyeh, David Fincher, Yahya Sinwar, and Joan Laporta. Among people deceased in 1994, Bassel al-Assad ranks 36. Before him are Billy Wright, Roland Ratzenberger, Niels Kaj Jerne, George Peppard, Telly Savalas, and Guy Debord. After him are Marija Gimbutas, Andrés Escobar, Pierre Boulle, Vladimir Ivashko, Witold Lutosławski, and Henry Mancini.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Bassel al-Assad ranks 32 out of 210. Before him are Avidius Cassius (130), Zimri-Lim (-1800), Michel Aflaq (1910), Ibn al-Nafis (1212), Abdul Halim Khaddam (1932), and Al-Maʿarri (973). After him are Amin al-Hafiz (1921), Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (1292), Yazid II (687), Al-Walid II (706), Odaenathus (220), and Nureddin al-Atassi (1929).

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Among ENGINEERS In Syria

Among engineers born in Syria, Bassel al-Assad ranks 1. 

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