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About Hafez al-Assad
Hafez al-Assad 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 until his death. 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. The party ruled for over six decades until it was overthrown in 2024, under the leadership of his son Bashar al-Assad.
Everything about Hafez al-Assad →- Occupation
- fighter pilot, politician, lieutenant general
- Position held
- President of Syria, Prime Minister of Syria, President of Syria, Minister of Defense of Syria
- Citizenship
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Born
- October 6, 1930
- Died
- June 10, 2000