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Bashar al-Assad

President of Syria from 2000 to 2024

In this Arabic name, the surname is Assad.

Bashar al-Assad^[b] (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician, military officer, and former dictator^[1] who served as the president of Syria from 2000 until his government was overthrown in the Syrian Revolution in 2024. As president, Assad was commander-in-chief of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces and secretary-general of the Central Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. He is the son of Hafez al-Assad, who ruled Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000.

In the 1980s, Assad became a doctor, and in the early 1990s he was training in London as an ophthalmologist. In 1994, after his elder brother Bassel al-Assad died in a car crash, Assad was recalled to Syria to take over Bassel's role as heir apparent. Assad entered the military academy and in 1998 took charge of the Syrian occupation of Lebanon begun by his father. On 17 July 2000, Assad became president, succeeding his father, who had died on 10 June 2000.^[2] Many hoped the UK-educat

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Bashar al-Assad

Bashar Hafez al-Assad is the President of the Syrian Arab Republic and leader of the Socialist Ba’ath Party. He is a member of the minority Alawite sect of Islam.

Assad was born on September 11, 1965, in Damascus. When Bashar was only five years old, his father, Hafez al-Assad, took control of the Ba’ath Party in the 1970 revolution, eventually leading to him being elected president that same year.

Bashar received his primary and secondary education in the Arab-French al-Hurriya School in Damascus, graduating in 1982. He then studied medicine at the University of Damascus and graduated as a physician specializing in ophthalmology in 1988. He went to Britain in 1992 to continue his specialization and returned to Syria two years later. Bashar was thrown into politics in 1994 by the death of his older brother Basil (in a car crash), who was being groomed for the presidency. He subsequently joined the military and was promoted to colonel in January 1999.

Immediately following his father’s death on June 10, 2000, the Syrian parliament amended the constitutio

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Profile: Bashar al-Assad

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad inherited power in July 2000, a month after his father, military strongman Hafez al-Assad died.

But since March 2011, his rule over Syria has been under threat, with the country beset by violence that has killed an estimated 465,000 people and embroiled regional and world powers in the never-ending horror.

Despite Western and Arab countries backing the opposition, Assad has survived seven years of war and refuses to step aside.

But who is he? This is what we know:

Medical student

Ruling family: Born on September 11, 1965, Bashar al-Assad is the second son of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, and his wife Anisa.
His father, Hafez, rose to power through the Syrian military and the minority Alawite political party before taking control of Syria in 1970.
Studies: Bashar al-Assad was educated at the Arab-French al-Hurriya School in Damascus where he learned to speak English and French fluently.
He graduated from school in 1982 and continued studying medicine at the University of Damascus, graduating in 1988.