Hafez al-Assad
President of Syria from 1971 to 2000
Summary
Hafez al-Assad was a Syrian politician and military officer 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 in the country, a power that lasted until the fall of the regime in 2024, then led by his son Bashar.
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Further Description to his rule (He was a Dictator and that's important to note)
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Edited native name from “ حافظ ابن قرد ابن أبي لهب الأسد”, which translates to “Hafez, Son of a Monkey, Son of Abu Lahab, Al-Assad” (likely vandalism), to “ حافظ الأسد” (“Hafez Al-Assad”), since no other recorded name exists.
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