Bashar Al-Assad

About Bashar Al-Assad

After his father's death in 2000, he became President of Syria. He has controlled his country as a dictator, killing thousands of his own people with his troops.

Bashar Hafez al-Assad is a Syrian politician, the 19th President of Syria since July 17, 2000. In addition, he is the Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Armed Forces and Secretary-General of the Syrian Armed Forces. branch of the Arab Socialist Baath Party in Syria. His father, Hafez al-Assad, was the president of Syria before him, serving from 1971 to 2000. Born and raised in Damascus, Bashar al-Assad graduated from the University of Damascus medical school in 1988 and began working as a doctor in the Syrian army. Four years later, he completed his postgraduate course at the West Eye Hospital in London, specializing in ophthalmology. In 1994, after the death of his brother Bassel in a car accident, Bashar was recalled back to Syria to take on the role of Bassel's alleged heir. He entered the military academy, taking over the Syrian army presence in Lebanon in 1998. Political scientists have described the Assad family rule in Syria as a dictatorship. Individualism.

Father	Hafez al-Assad
Vice President	Abdul Halim Khaddam, Zuhair Masharqa, Farouk al-Sharaa, Najah al-Attar
Alma mater	Damascus University (BSc), (MSc)
Preceded by	Hafez al-Assad, Abdul Halim Khaddam (Acting)
Born	Bashar Hafez al-Assad, September 11, 1965, Damascus, Damascus Governorate, Syria
Political party	Syrian Ba'ath Party
Children	Hafez (b. 2001), Zein (b. 2003), Karim (b. 2004)
Mother	Anisa Makhlouf
Nationality	Syrian
Relations	Ali Sulayman al-Assad (grandfather), Rifaat al-Assad (uncle)
Other political affiliations	National Progressive Front

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Trivia

The domestic Syrian opposition, the United States, Canada, the European Union states, and the members of the Arab League called for his resignation in 2013 after it was revealed that he used chemical warfare on his own people.

Bashar Al-Assad before fame

He worked as a doctor in the army after graduating from medical school at the University of Damascus and was awarded Order of Civil Merit for his time in the army.

Achievement of Bashar Al-Assad

The domestic Syrian opposition, the United States, Canada, the European Union states, and the members of the Arab League called for his resignation in 2013 after it was revealed that he used chemical warfare on his own people.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Bashar Al-Assad family life

He and his wife Asma al-Assad, whom he married in 2000, have three children.

Associations of Bashar Al-Assad

Hafez al-Assad, his father, was Syria's president for nearly 30 years.

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