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Hafez al-Assad
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حافظ الأسد
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![]() Hafez al-Assad in 1987
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18th President of Syria | |
In office 12 March 1971 – 10 June 2000 |
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Prime Minister | Himself Abdul Rahman Khleifawi Mahmoud al-Ayyubi Abdul Rahman Khleifawi Muhammad Ali al-Halabi Abdul Rauf al-Kasm Mahmoud Zuabi Muhammad Mustafa Mero |
Vice President | Mahmoud al-Ayyubi (1971–1976) Rifaat al-Assad (1984–1998) Abdul Halim Khaddam (1984–2000) Zuhair Masharqa (1984–2000) |
Preceded by | Ahmad al-Khatib |
Succeeded by | Abdul Halim Khaddam (Acting) Bashar al-Assad |
Prime Minister of Syria | |
In office 21 November 1970 – 3 April 1971 |
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President | Ahmad al-Khatib Himself |
Preceded by | Nureddin al-Atassi |
Succeeded by | Abdul Rahman Khleifawi |
Regional Secretary of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch | |
In office 18 November 1970 – 10 June 2000 |
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Deputy | Mohamad Jaber Bajbouj Zuhair Masharqa Sulayman Qaddah |
Preceded by | Nureddin al-Atassi |
Succeeded by | Bashar al-Assad |
Secretary General of the National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party | |
In office 12 September 1971 – 10 June 2000 |
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Deputy | Abdullah al-Ahmar |
Preceded by | Nureddin al-Atassi |
Succeeded by | Abdullah al-Ahmar (de facto; al-Assad is still de jure Secretary General, even though he is dead.) |
Minister of Defense | |
In office 23 February 1966 – 22 March 1972 |
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President | Nureddin al-Atassi Ahmad al-Khatib Himself |
Prime Minister | Yusuf Zuaiyin Nureddin al-Atassi Himself Abdul Rahman Kleifawi |
Preceded by | Muhammad Umran |
Succeeded by | Mustafa Tlass |
Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch | |
In office 27 March 1966 – 10 June 2000 |
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In office 5 September 1963 – 4 April 1965 |
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Personal details | |
Born | Qardaha, Alawite State, Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon |
6 October 1930
Died | 10 June 2000 Damascus, Syria |
(aged 69)
Resting place | Qardaha, Syria |
Political party | Ba'ath Party (Syrian faction) (since 1966) |
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Arab Ba'ath Party (1946–47) Ba'ath Party (1947–66) |
Spouse(s) | Anisa Makhlouf (1957–2000) |
Relations | Jamil, Rifaat (brothers) |
Children | Bushra, Bassel, Bashar, Majd, Maher |
Parent(s) | Ali Sulayman al-Assad Na'sa al-Assad |
Alma mater | Homs Military Academy |
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Military service | |
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Branch/service | Syrian Air Force Syrian Armed Forces |
Years of service | 1952–2000 |
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Commands | Syrian Air Force Syrian Armed Forces |
Battles/wars | Six-Day War (1967) War of Attrition (1967–70) Black September (1970–71) Yom Kippur War (1973) |
Hafez al-Assad (Arabic: حافظ الأسد, Ḥāfiẓ al-Asad; 6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was president of Syria from 1971 until his death. He was also the general of Syrian Air Force from 1955 - 1972. He was born in Qardaha and died in Damascus. He had four sons and a daughter. His eldest son Bassel al-Assad died in 1994. In 2000, al-Assad died of a heart attack. He was succeeded as president by his second-oldest son Bashar al-Assad (born 1965), who still has that job.
Images for kids
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Hafez al-Assad (above) standing on the wing of a Fiat G.46-4B with fellow cadets at the Syrian AF Academy outside Aleppo, 1951–52
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Assad (center) and Nureddin al-Atassi (left) meeting with Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, 1969
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Assad's first inauguration as president in the People's Council, March 1971. L–R: Assad, Abdullah al-Ahmar, Prime Minister Abdul Rahman Khleifawi, Assistant Regional Secretary Mohamad Jaber Bajbouj, Foreign Minister Abdul Halim Khaddam and People's Council Speaker Fihmi al-Yusufi. In the third civilian row are Defense Minister Mustafa Tlass (MP in the 1971 Parliament) and Air Force Commander Naji Jamil. Behind Tlass is Rifaat al-Assad, Assad's younger brother. On the far right in the fourth row is future vice president Zuhair Masharqa, and behind Abdullah al-Ahmar is Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Haidar.
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