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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Maher al-Assad

1967 - Today

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Maher al-Assad (Arabic: مَاهِرُ ٱلْأَسَدِ, romanized: Māhir al-ʾAsad, born 8 December 1967) is a Syrian general and commander of the Syrian Army's elite 4th Armoured Division, which together with Syria's Military Intelligence form the core of the country's security forces. He is also a member of the Central Committee of the Ba'ath Party's Syrian Regional Branch. At the onset of the Syrian Revolution, Maher was thought by some to be the second-most powerful man in Syria after his brother Bashar, the president. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maher al-Assad has received more than 753,799 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Maher al-Assad is the 1,339th most popular military personnel (down from 1,131st in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from Syria (down from 106th in 2019) and the most popular Syrian Military Personnel.

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  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Maher al-Assad ranks 1,339 out of 1,468. Before him are Semyon Bogdanov, Pavel Chichagov, Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, Filipp Oktyabrsky, Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, and Carl Spaatz. After him are Charles Warren, Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing, Constantine Diogenes, Sergei Shtemenko, Ivan Gudovich, and J. E. B. Stuart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Maher al-Assad ranks 123. Before him are Melanie Thornton, Megumi Hayashibara, Jonathan Littell, Layne Staley, Zakk Wylde, and Ciro Ferrara. After him are Charb, Sable, Dino Rađa, Steve Zahn, Sue Gardner, and Željka Cvijanović.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Maher al-Assad ranks 127 out of 181. Before him are Elia Abu Madi (1890), Hilarion Capucci (1922), Nazim al-Qudsi (1906), Seleucus VII Philometor (-100), Assef Shawkat (1950), and Ghada al-Samman (1942). After him are Philipp Stamma (1705), Ignatius IV of Antioch (1920), Muhammad Naji al-Otari (1944), Khalid Bakdash (1912), Riad al-Asaad (1961), and Émile Eddé (1883).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Syria

Among military personnels born in Syria, Maher al-Assad ranks 1. After him are Riad al-Asaad (1961), Issam Zahreddine (1961), Suheil al-Hassan (1970), and Rojda Felat (1980).

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