Hafez al-Assad - Wikipedia
Hafez al-Assad [a] (6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was a Syrian politician and military officer who was the president of Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000.
Hafez al-Assad | Biography, Facts, Religion, & Son | Britannica
Jan 30, 2025 · Hafez al-Assad (born October 6, 1930, Qardāḥa, Syria—died June 10, 2000, Damascus) was the president of Syria (1971–2000) who brought stability to the country and established it as a powerful presence in the Middle East.
Presidency of Hafez al-Assad - Wikipedia
Hafez al-Assad served as the President of Syria from 12 March 1971 until his death on 10 June 2000. He had been Prime Minister of Syria, leading a government for two years. He was succeeded by his son, Bashar al-Assad.
Syria: The rise of the Assads - BBC News
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...
The slow rise of Hafez al-Assad, from pan-Arabism to Syrian …
Feb 5, 2025 · 'The al-Assad saga' (Part 1/4). Before joining the military and building an Alawite caste around himself, Hafez al-Assad was a fervent supporter of the pan-Arab ideological movement.
Inside the house of Assad - The Week
Dec 22, 2024 · Hafez al-Assad's government "deployed unrestrained violence", said Middle East politics expert Sefa Secen in Time. He consolidated his power by exploiting "sectarian and ethnic divisions",...
Hafez al-Assad's Syria: Forging a dynasty, at any price - Le Monde.fr
Feb 7, 2025 · 'The al-Assad saga' (Part 3/4). Amid the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War and talks with Israel, Hafez al-Assad's top priority was always to have one of his sons succeed ...
Hafez al-Assad - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hafez al-Assad (Arabic: حَافِظ ٱلْأَسَد, romanized: Ḥāfiẓ al-Asad; 6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) served as the 18th president of Syria from 1971 until his death of a heart attack in 2000.
Looking back at half a century of iron-fisted Assad rule over Syria
Hafez Assad, Syria’s defense minister and the father of Bashar, takes power in a military coup on November 16, 1970. Assad, who leads the Syrian branch of the pan-Arab nationalist Baath Party...
Hafez al-Assad - Jewish Virtual Library
Syrian President Hafez al-Assad died in Damascus at the age of 69 on June 10, 2000. He was succeeded by his son Bashar . On December 11, 2024, Syrian Rebel fighters torched the tomb of Hafez al-Assad in his hometown of Qardaha.