Bashar Hafez al-Assad
personal-info
known-for
Acting
gender
Male
birthday
1965-09-11
place-of-birth
Damascus, Syria
also-known-as
Bashar al-Assad
بَشَّار حَافِظ الْأَسَد
Bachar el-Assad
biography
Bashar Hafez al-Assad is a Syrian politician who has been the President of Syria since 17 July 2000. In addition, he is commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces and Regional Secretary of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party's branch in Syria. His father, Hafez al-Assad, was President of Syria from 1971 to 2000.