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Assef Shawkat

1950 - 2012

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Assef Shawkat (Arabic: آصف شوكت, romanized: ʾĀṣif Šawkat‎; 15 January 1950 – 18 July 2012) was a Syrian military officer and intelligence chief who was the Deputy Minister of Defense of Syria from September 2011 until his death in July 2012. He was the brother-in-law of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, having married his older sister Bushra. He and three other top Syrian government officials were killed on 18 July 2012 in Damascus during a deadly bomb attack allegedly organized by the Free Syrian Army, a coalition of Syrian opposition rebel groups. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Assef Shawkat has received more than 457,079 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Assef Shawkat is the 10,689th most popular politician (up from 11,470th in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Syria (up from 125th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Syrian Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Assef Shawkat ranks 10,689 out of 19,576. Before him are Jelle Zijlstra, Theagenes of Megara, Aga of Kish, Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, Guillermo Endara, and Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani. After him are Philipp von Boeselager, Slavica Đukić Dejanović, Bahaeddin Şakir, George of Antioch, Guido Westerwelle, and Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Assef Shawkat ranks 190. Before him are Adrian Năstase, Michio Ashikaga, Anne Carson, Roland Matthes, Daria Nicolodi, and Ángel María Villar. After him are Jan Zajíc, Yuki Fushimi, Yuen Wah, Edgar Savisaar, Boris Gryzlov, and Derek de Lint. Among people deceased in 2012, Assef Shawkat ranks 158. Before him are Eve Arnold, Han Suyin, William Thurston, Michel Duchaussoy, Gevork Vartanian, and Prince Tomohito of Mikasa. After him are I. K. Gujral, George McGovern, Anita Björk, Shulamith Firestone, Vicar, and Sixten Jernberg.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Assef Shawkat ranks 118 out of 210. Before him are Ibn al-Qalanisi (1073), John X of Antioch (1955), Dawoud Rajiha (1947), Mithridates I Callinicus (-200), Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan (1934), and Michael Ansara (1922). After him are Antiochus Hierax (-266), Ignatius Moses I Daoud (1930), Maher al-Assad (1967), Aram Tigran (1934), Philipp Stamma (1705), and Elia Abu Madi (1890).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Assef Shawkat ranks 61. Before him are Hayır Bey (1464), Seleucus VII Philometor (-100), Walid Muallem (1941), Ibn al-Qalanisi (1073), Dawoud Rajiha (1947), and Mithridates I Callinicus (-200). After him are Antiochus Hierax (-266), Nazim al-Qudsi (1906), Muhammad Naji al-Otari (1944), Najah al-Attar (1933), Lu'ay al-Atassi (1926), and Alopen (600).

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