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Hafez Bashar al-Assad (Arabic: حافظ بشار الأسد; born 4 December 2001) is the eldest son of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma al-Assad. He has been considered as a potential successor to his father.
Hafez al-Assad [a] (6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was a Syrian statesman, military officer and revolutionary who served as the 18th president of Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000.
Jun 6, 2024 · Hafez al-Assad, president of Syria (1971–2000) who brought stability to the country and established it as a powerful presence in the Middle East. After his death in 2000, Assad was succeeded by his son Bashar. Learn more about Hafez al-Assad’s life and career.
Nov 4, 2015 · Hafez al-Assad was the architect of modern Syria. Following decades of coups and counter-coups in Syria, Hafez used the network he had built in the posts of Commander of the Syrian air...
Jun 11, 2000 · Hafez al-Assad, the air force officer who ruled Syria for three decades, transforming a Middle East backwater into an introverted regional power that endured as the center of unbending Arab...
4 days ago · FILE - Freed Syrian detainees gather in front of posters showing Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, and his father Hafez Assad after they were released from Adra Prison on the north-east outskirts of Damascus, Syria, on Jan. 15, 2013.
In 1970, Hafez al-Assad, Bashar's father, seized power after rising through the ranks of the Syrian armed forces, during which time he established a network of loyal Alawites by installing them in key posts.
