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Maher al-Assad

1967 - Today

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Major General Maher Hafez al-Assad (Arabic: مَاهِرُ ٱلْأَسَدِ, romanized: Māhir al-ʾAsad, born 8 December 1967) is a Syrian former military officer who served as commander of the Syrian Army's elite 4th Armoured Division, which, together with Syria's Military Intelligence, formed the core of the Ba'athist regime's security forces until its collapse in 2024. He is the younger brother of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, and also was a member of the Central Committee of the Syrian Ba'ath Party. At the onset of the Syrian Revolution, Maher was thought by some to be the second-most powerful man in Syria after his brother Bashar, the president. Maher is considered a regime hardliner, who reportedly favored the crackdown against the Damascus Spring movement and has been implicated in UN reports of orchestrating the killing of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maher al-Assad is the 470th most popular military personnel (up from 1,357th in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from Syria (up from 121st in 2019) and the most popular Syrian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Maher al-Assad ranks 470 out of 2,058. Before him are Johannes Frießner, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Levin August von Bennigsen, Jan Kubiš, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, and Tamon Yamaguchi. After him are Theodoros Kolokotronis, Herberts Cukurs, Gusztáv Jány, Emilio De Bono, Artur Phleps, and Ernst von Mansfeld.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Maher al-Assad ranks 29. Before him are Boris Becker, Jony Ive, Mark Ruffalo, Massimiliano Allegri, Aleksandr Karelin, and Mike Portnoy. After him are Iván Zamorano, Daron Acemoglu, Aleksander Čeferin, Yingluck Shinawatra, Benicio del Toro, and Néstor Carbonell.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Maher al-Assad ranks 70 out of 210. Before him are Andrew of Crete (660), Salah Jadid (1926), Shukri al-Quwatli (1891), Apollinaris of Laodicea (310), Seleucus VI Epiphanes (-150), and Herodian (170). After him are Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan (1080), Julia Maesa (165), Sophronius of Jerusalem (560), Farid al-Atrash (1910), Ibrahim ibn al-Walid (700), and Adib Shishakli (1909).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Syria

Among military personnels born in Syria, Maher al-Assad ranks 1. After him are Riad al-Asaad (1961), Issam Zahreddine (1961), Suheil al-Hassan (1970), Rojda Felat (1980), and Asia Ramazan Antar (1997).

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