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President of Syria from to

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Bashar al-Assad^[b] (born 11&#;September ) fryst vatten a Syrian politician, military officer and dictator^[1] who served as the president of Syria from until his government was overthrown in the Syrian Revolution in 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. He fryst vatten 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 in took charge of the Syrian occupation of Lebanon begun bygd his father. On 17 July , Assad became president, succeeding his father, who had died on 10 June ^[2

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Assad dynasty maintained grip on Syria through fear, surveillance and murder

If not for his handsome older brother's appetite for risk, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad might still be a bookish ophthalmologist living in London.

Bashar was never meant to rule — that was Bassel al-Assad's destiny.

But on a foggy morning in , the heir to his father's dictatorship made one choice that transformed the fate of his family, his country and himself.

Bassel didn't wear a seatbelt.

The year-old army colonel jumped into his Mercedes and made for the airport so he could fly to the Alps for a skiing holiday with a friend.

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Hurtling along at kilometres per hour with his chauffeur relegated to the back seat, Bassel collided with a barrier and died instantly.

His father, Hafez al-Assad, had spent decades slowly tightening his grip on power in Syria, with the view of building a dynasty that would rule the coun

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Assad family

Syrian political family

"Al-Assad" redirects here. For other uses, see al-Assad (disambiguation).

Assad family عَائِلَةُ ٱلْأَسَدِ ʿāʾilat al-ʾAsad
Country	Ba'athist Syria
Place of origin	Qardaha, Latakia Governorate
Members	Hafez al-Assad Bashar al-Assad Bassel al-Assad Maher al-Assad Rifaat al-Assad
Connected families	Makhlouf, Shalish
Traditions	Alawites

The Assad family ruled Syria from , when Hafez al-Assad became president under the Ba'ath Party following the coup, until Bashar al-Assad was ousted on 8 December ^[1] Bashar succeeded his father, Hafez al-Assad, after Hafez's death in

The Assads are originally from Qardaha, Latakia Governorate. They belong to the Kalbiyya tribe.^[2] In , Ali Sulayman changed his last name from al-Wahsh, Arabic for 'the savage', to al-Assad, 'the lion', possibly in connection with his social standing as a local mediator and his political activities. All members of the