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President of Syria from to

In this Arabic name, the surname is Assad.

Bashar al-Assad^[a] (born 11&#;September ) is a Syrian politician, military officer, and former dictator^[1] who served as the 19th president of Syria from until his government was overthrown by Syrian rebels in December As president, Assad was commander-in-chief of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces and secretary-general of the Central Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.

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He is the son of Hafez al-Assad, who ruled Syria from until his death in

In the s, Assad became a doctor, and in the early s he was training in London as an ophthalmologist. In , after his elder brother Bassel al-Assad died in a car crash, Assad was recalled to Syria to take over Bassel's role as heir apparent.

Assad entered the military academy and took charge of the Syrian occupation of Lebanon in On 17 July , Assad became president, succeeding his father, who had died on 10 June ^[2] A s