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Hafez al-Assad

1930 - 2000

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Hafez al-Assad (6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was a Syrian dictator and military officer who served as the 18th president of Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000. He had previously served as prime minister of Syria from 1970 to 1971 as well as regional secretary of the regional command of the Syrian regional branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and secretary general of the National Command of the Ba'ath Party from 1970 to 2000. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hafez al-Assad has received more than 4,040,343 page views. His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Hafez al-Assad is the 635th most popular politician (down from 494th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Syria and the 4th most popular Syrian Politician.

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

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 80

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hafez al-Assad ranks 635 out of 19,576. Before him are James VI and I, James Madison, Philip I of France, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and Franjo Tuđman. After him are Henry I of France, Árpád, Charles I of Anjou, Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, Robert Mugabe, and Abd al-Rahman I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Hafez al-Assad ranks 14. Before him are Pierre Bourdieu, George Soros, Jacques Derrida, Ray Charles, Jean-Luc Godard, and Mobutu Sese Seko. After him are Baudouin of Belgium, Steve McQueen, Buzz Aldrin, Salvatore Riina, Pete Conrad, and Gene Hackman. Among people deceased in 2000, Hafez al-Assad ranks 4. Before him are Władysław Szpilman, Hedy Lamarr, and Ingrid of Sweden. After him are Roger Vadim, Habib Bourguiba, Emil Zátopek, Victor Borge, Alec Guinness, Stanley Matthews, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, and Vittorio Gassman.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Hafez al-Assad ranks 5 out of 210. Before him are Elagabalus (203), John of Damascus (676), Yazid I (647), and Zenobia (240). After him are Abd al-Rahman I (731), Pope Gregory III (700), Philip the Arab (204), Bashar al-Assad (1965), Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Apollodorus of Damascus (50), and Ibn Kathir (1301).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Hafez al-Assad ranks 4. Before him are Elagabalus (203), Yazid I (647), and Zenobia (240). After him are Abd al-Rahman I (731), Philip the Arab (204), Bashar al-Assad (1965), Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Muawiya II (661), Marwan II (688), Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691), and Al-Adil I (1145).

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