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Riad al-Asaad

1961 - Today

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Riad Mousa al-As'aad (Arabic: رياض موسى الأسعد, pronounced [riˈjɑːdˤ ˈmuːsa lˈʔæsʕæd]; born 2 February 1961) is a Syrian military officer and politician who is the founding leader of the Free Syrian Army. One of the prominent faces of the Syrian civil war, he led the armed resistance to the Assad regime as commander-in-chief of FSA, during the early phase of the Syrian Civil War. Under Riad al-Asaad's command, FSA expanded into a paramilitary force of 75,000 guerilla fighters and insurgents in March 2012; capable of ousting regime forces from Damascus. He currently serves as the deputy prime minister for Military Affairs of the Syrian Salvation Government, a position he has held since 2 November 2017. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Riad al-Asaad is the 1,121st most popular military personnel (up from 1,841st in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from Syria (up from 169th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Syrian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Riad al-Asaad ranks 1,121 out of 2,058. Before him are Yitzhak Sadeh, Hermann Breith, Nureddin Pasha, Mahmud Shevket Pasha, Otto Weddigen, and David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty. After him are Ludwig von Reuter, Nicholas, Count of Salm, Andrei Shkuro, Erwin Jaenecke, August Karl von Goeben, and Claude Alexandre de Bonneval.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Riad al-Asaad ranks 116. Before him are Dylan McDermott, Chad Smith, Bonnie Hunt, Abdourahamane Tchiani, Franky Van der Elst, and Reggie Fils-Aimé. After him are Jacky Cheung, Melissa Etheridge, Kazuki Takahashi, Elizabeth McGovern, Ignazio Cassis, and Guido Westerwelle.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Riad al-Asaad ranks 128 out of 210. Before him are Michael Ansara (1922), Sabah Fakhri (1933), Sami al-Hinnawi (1898), Ben-Hadad I (-1000), Ali Abdullah Ayyoub (1952), and Muhammad Mustafa Mero (1941). After him are Khalid al-Azm (1903), Ignatius Joseph III Yonan (1944), George Sabra (1947), Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik (685), Ibn Abi Usaibia (1204), and Khalid Bakdash (1912).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Syria

Among military personnels born in Syria, Riad al-Asaad ranks 2. Before him are Maher al-Assad (1967). After him are Issam Zahreddine (1961), Suheil al-Hassan (1970), Rojda Felat (1980), and Asia Ramazan Antar (1997).

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