Bashar Al-Assad
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About
President of Syria who took power in 2000 after the death of his father. He was ousted in 2024 after an apparent coup d'etat. He is considered a dictator by many, and reports of human rights abuse and oppression under his decades long reign have dominated public opinion of him.
Before Fame
He worked as a doctor in the army after graduating from medical school at the University of Damascus and was awarded Order of Civil Merit for his time in the army.
Trivia
The domestic Syrian opposition, the United States, Canada, the European Union states, and the members of the Arab League called for his resignation in 2013 after it was revealed that he used chemical warfare on his own people.
Family Life
He has three children with his wife Asma al-Assad, whom he married in 2000.
Associated With
His father Hafez al-Assad served as President of Syria for nearly 30 years.
