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Bushra al-Assad

1960 - Today

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Bushra al-Assad (Arabic: بُشْرَى ٱلْأَسَدِ, romanized: Bušrā al-ʾAsad; born 24 October 1960) is the first child and only daughter of Hafez al-Assad, who was the president of Syria from 1971 to 2000. She is the sister of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. She is the widow of Assef Shawkat, the deputy chief of staff of the Syrian Armed Forces and former head of the Syrian Military Intelligence, who was killed in the 18 July 2012 explosion in Damascus, responsibility for which was claimed by a coalition of Syrian opposition rebel groups. As a result of the Syrian Civil War, in March 2012 she was placed on a list of Syrian government figures who were subject to European Union economic sanctions and travel bans. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bushra al-Assad has received more than 1,133,178 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bushra al-Assad is the 14,990th most popular politician, the 167th most popular biography from Syria and the 84th most popular Syrian Politician.

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  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bushra al-Assad ranks 14,990 out of 19,576. Before her are Alphonse Henri d'Hautpoul, Valentín Canalizo, Muhammad Mian Soomro, Paul Radmilovic, Publius Aelius Paetus, and Miguel Mariano Gómez. After her are Athanasios Miaoulis, Joe Manchin, Dimitar Petkov, Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, Nguyễn Thị Định, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Bushra al-Assad ranks 280. Before her are Will Wright, Joseph Williams, Željko Šturanović, Artur Yusupov, Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis, and Cherie Chung. After her are Hiromi Tsuru, Olaf Ludwig, John Taylor, Greg Louganis, Arnaud Desplechin, and Chris Elliott.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Bushra al-Assad ranks 167 out of 210. Before her are Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid (1867), Muhammad Mustafa Mero (1941), Burhan Ghalioun (1945), George Wassouf (1961), Ali Farzat (1951), and Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (1903). After her are Youssef Absi (1946), Riad al-Asaad (1961), Issam Zahreddine (1961), Abu Mohammad al-Adnani (1977), Assala Nasri (1969), and Eulogius of Alexandria (501).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Bushra al-Assad ranks 84. Before her are Ila-kabkabu (-1850), Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid (1867), Muhammad Mustafa Mero (1941), Burhan Ghalioun (1945), Ali Farzat (1951), and Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (1903). After her are Adel Safar (1953), Moaz al-Khatib (1960), Abdulbaset Sieda (1956), Randa Kassis (1970), Wael Nader al-Halqi (1964), and Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji (1954).

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