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Bashar al-Assad (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician who is the current and 19th president of Syria since 17 July 2000. In addition, he is the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces and the secretary-general of the Central Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party , which nominally espouses a neo-Ba'athist ideology.
Bashar al-Assad is the 19th and current president of Syria. He entered the post on 17 July 2000. Bashar Al-Assad is the son of former president, Hafez al-Assad, who was the longest-serving president serving 29 years.
May 26, 2024 · Bashar al-Assad (born September 11, 1965, Damascus, Syria) is the Syrian president from 2000. He succeeded his father, Hafez al-Assad , who had ruled Syria since 1971. In spite of early hopes that his presidency would usher in an era of democratic reform and economic revival, Bashar al-Assad largely continued his father’s authoritarian methods.
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May 27, 2021 · Mr Assad, 55, has been president since 2000. He succeeded his late father, Hafez, who had ruled Syria for more than a quarter of a century before that. Syria's last election was held in 2014,...
May 19, 2023 · BBC International editor, Lebanon. President Bashar al-Assad strode into the Arab League summit in Jeddah, relishing the clearest recognition yet that he has won his war for Syria. He was...
2021 Syrian presidential election. Presidential elections were held in Syria on 26 May 2021, with expatriates able to vote in some embassies abroad on 20 May. [2] . The three candidates were incumbent president Bashar al-Assad, Mahmoud Ahmad Marei and Abdullah Sallum Abdullah. The elections were considered not to be free and fair. [3] .
May 28, 2021 · CAIRO, May 27 (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad won a fourth term in office with 95.1% of the votes in an election that will extend his rule over a country ruined by war but...
