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Bashar al-Assad

1965 - Today

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Bashar al-Assad (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician and military officer who served as the 19th president of Syria from 2000 until his government was overthrown by Syrian rebels in 2024. As president, Assad was the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces and the secretary-general of the Central Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. He is the son of Hafez al-Assad, who was the president from 1971 until his death in 2000. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bashar al-Assad has received more than 17,531,895 page views. His biography is available in 111 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 105 in 2019). Bashar al-Assad is the 819th most popular politician (up from 1,143rd in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Syria (up from 10th 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 18M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 111

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bashar al-Assad ranks 819 out of 19,576. Before him are Nikolai Bukharin, Ehud Olmert, William I of the Netherlands, Farah Pahlavi, Shapur I, and Ardashir I. After him are Habib Bourguiba, Kurt Waldheim, Arthur Henderson, Ivan VI of Russia, Jahangir, and Todor Zhivkov.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Bashar al-Assad ranks 9 out of 210. Before him are Yazid I (647), Zenobia (240), Hafez al-Assad (1930), Abd al-Rahman I (731), Pope Gregory III (700), and Philip the Arab (204). After him are Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Apollodorus of Damascus (50), Ibn Kathir (1301), Pope Anicetus (70), Muawiya II (661), and Marwan II (688).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Bashar al-Assad ranks 7. Before him are Elagabalus (203), Yazid I (647), Zenobia (240), Hafez al-Assad (1930), Abd al-Rahman I (731), and Philip the Arab (204). After him are Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Muawiya II (661), Marwan II (688), Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691), Al-Adil I (1145), and Antiochus II Theos (-286).

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