1965 - Today
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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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.
1002 - 1081
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 1,139
1789 - 1848
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 1,140
1723 - 1766
HPI: 68.63
Rank: 1,141
800 BC - 642 BC
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 1,142
600 BC - 454 BC
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 1,143
1895 - 1989
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 1,144
1965 - Present
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 1,145
1427 - 1492
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 1,146
1831 - 1861
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 1,147
1892 - 1960
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 1,148
1888 - 1979
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 1,149
1907 - 1974
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 1,150
1811 - 1864
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 1,151
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.
1965 - Present
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 1
1965 - Present
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 2
1965 - Present
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 3
1965 - Present
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 4
1965 - Present
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 5
1965 - Present
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 6
1965 - Present
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 7
1965 - Present
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 8
1965 - 1993
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 9
1965 - Present
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 10
1965 - Present
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 11
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 12
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).
647 - 683
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 4
1930 - 2000
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 5
731 - 788
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 6
204 - 249
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 7
70 - 168
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 8
50 - 130
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 9
1965 - Present
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 10
1301 - 1373
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 11
700 - 741
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 12
661 - 684
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 13
688 - 750
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 14
1087 - 1146
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 15
1233 - 1278
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 16
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).
203 - 222
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 1
240 - 275
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 2
647 - 683
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 3
1930 - 2000
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 4
731 - 788
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 5
204 - 249
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 6
1965 - Present
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 7
661 - 684
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 8
688 - 750
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 9
1087 - 1146
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 10
691 - 743
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 11
640 - 716
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 12
286 BC - 246 BC
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 13