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Bashar al-Assad

1965 - Today

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Bashar al-Assad (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician who is the current and 19th president of Syria since 17 July 2000. In addition, he is the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces and the secretary-general of the Central Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, which nominally espouses a neo-Ba'athist ideology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bashar al-Assad has received more than 16,610,069 page views. His biography is available in 105 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 101 in 2019). Bashar al-Assad is the 1,145th most popular politician (down from 918th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Syria (down from 9th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Syrian Politician.

Bashar al-Assad is most famous for being the president of Syria. He has been in power since 2000 and has been accused of using chemical weapons on his own people.

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  • 17M

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  • 68.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 105

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bashar al-Assad ranks 1,145 out of 15,577. Before him are Nikephoros III Botaneiates, Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, Frederick V of Denmark, Manasseh of Judah, Alexander I of Macedon, and Dolores Ibárruri. After him are Casimir IV Jagiellon, Xianfeng Emperor, Amanullah Khan, Jean Monnet, Baldur von Schirach, and Maximilian II of Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Bashar al-Assad ranks 4. Before him are Dmitry Medvedev, Shah Rukh Khan, and J. K. Rowling. After him are Petro Poroshenko, Tedros Adhanom, Salman Khan, Mads Mikkelsen, Brandon Lee, Robert Downey Jr., Gheorghe Hagi, and Charlie Sheen.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Bashar al-Assad ranks 10 out of 181. Before him are Yazid I (647), Hafez al-Assad (1930), Abd al-Rahman I (731), Philip the Arab (204), Pope Anicetus (70), and Apollodorus of Damascus (50). After him are Ibn Kathir (1301), Pope Gregory III (700), Muawiya II (661), Marwan II (688), Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), and Al-Nawawi (1233).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Bashar al-Assad ranks 7. Before him are Elagabalus (203), Zenobia (240), Yazid I (647), Hafez al-Assad (1930), Abd al-Rahman I (731), and Philip the Arab (204). After him are Muawiya II (661), Marwan II (688), Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691), Musa ibn Nusayr (640), and Antiochus II Theos (-286).

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