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Hafez al-Assad

1930 - 2000

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Hafez al-Assad (6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was a Syrian politician, military officer and dictator who served as the president of Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000. He was previously the prime minister from 1970 to 1971 as well as the regional secretary of the regional command of the Syrian regional branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and secretary general of the National Command of the Ba'ath Party from 1970 to 2000. Assad was a key participant in the 1963 Syrian coup d'état, which brought the Syrian regional branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party to power in the country, a power that lasted until the fall of the regime in 2024, then led by his son Bashar. After the 1963 coup, the new leadership appointed Assad as the commander of the Syrian Air Force. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hafez al-Assad is the 74th most popular politician (up from 635th in 2019), the most popular biography from Syria (up from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Syrian Politician.

Hafez al-Assad is most famous for being the president of Syria from 1971 to 2000.

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Among politicians, Hafez al-Assad ranks 74 out of 19,576. Before him are Attila, Maria Theresa, Osman I, Marcus Aurelius, Maximilien Robespierre, and Musa I of Mali. After him are Nero, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, Henry VI of England, Louis XV of France, and William IV of the United Kingdom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Hafez al-Assad ranks 2. Before him is Clint Eastwood. After him are Neil Armstrong, Richard Harris, Warren Buffett, George Soros, Michael Collins, Sean Connery, Gene Hackman, Helmut Kohl, Anton LaVey, and Jacques Derrida. Among people deceased in 2000, Hafez al-Assad ranks 1. After him are Hedy Lamarr, Ingrid of Sweden, Willard Van Orman Quine, Władysław Szpilman, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, Habib Bourguiba, Emil Zátopek, Arkan, Victor Borge, Alec Guinness, and Louis Néel.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Hafez al-Assad ranks 1 out of 210. After him are Bashar al-Assad (1965), 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, Hafez al-Assad ranks 1. After him are Bashar al-Assad (1965), 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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