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Hafez al-Assad

Former President of Syria

1930 - 2000

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His biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 80 in 2024). Hafez al-Assad is the 72nd most popular politician (up from 633rd in 2024), the most popular biography from Syria (up from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Syrian Politician.

Hafez al-Assad is most famous for being the president of Syria from 1971 to 2000.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Hafez al-Assad ranks 72 out of 19,576. Before him are Attila, Maria Theresa, Osman I, Marcus Aurelius, Maximilien Robespierre, and Mansa Musa. After him are Nero, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, Henry VI of England, Louis XV of France, and William IV of the United Kingdom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Hafez al-Assad ranks 2. Before him is Clint Eastwood. After him are Neil Armstrong, Richard Harris, Warren Buffett, George Soros, Michael Collins, Sean Connery, Gene Hackman, Helmut Kohl, Anton LaVey, and Jacques Derrida. Among people deceased in 2000, Hafez al-Assad ranks 1. After him are Hedy Lamarr, Ingrid of Sweden, Willard Van Orman Quine, Władysław Szpilman, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, Habib Bourguiba, Emil Zátopek, Arkan, Victor Borge, Alec Guinness, and Louis Néel.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Hafez al-Assad ranks 1 out of NaN. After him are Bashar al-Assad (1965), Elagabalus (203), Pope Gregory III (700), John of Damascus (676), Zenobia (240), Yazid I (647), Pope Anicetus (70), Philip the Arab (204), Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Apollodorus of Damascus (50), and Julia Domna (160).

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Among Politicians In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Hafez al-Assad ranks 1. After him are Bashar al-Assad (1965), Elagabalus (203), Zenobia (240), Yazid I (647), Philip the Arab (204), Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Abd al-Rahman I (731), Marwan II (688), Al-Adil I (1145), Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691), and Muawiya II (661).

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