Hafez al-Assad [a] (6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was a Syrian politician, military officer and dictator [1] who was the 18th president of Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000.

Mar 29, 2025 · Hafez al-Assad (born October 6, 1930, Qardāḥa, Syria—died June 10, 2000, Damascus) was the president of Syria (1971–2000) who brought stability to the country and …

Hafez al-Assad served as the President of Syria from 12 March 1971 until his death on 10 June 2000. He had been Prime Minister of Syria, leading a government for two years. He was …

Nov 4, 2015 · Hafez al-Assad was the architect of modern Syria. Following decades of coups and counter-coups in Syria, Hafez used the network he had built in the posts of Commander of the …

Trained as a fighter pilot and sporting a new name, al-Assad (the lion vs. Wahash, “beast”), the young cadet entered the conspiracy- and coup-ridden politics of the new state. He survived the …

Dec 22, 2024 · Hafez al-Assad's government "deployed unrestrained violence", said Middle East politics expert Sefa Secen in Time. He consolidated his power by exploiting "sectarian and …

Hafez al-Assad (Arabic: حَافِظ ٱلْأَسَد, romanized: Ḥāfiẓ al-Asad; 6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) served as the 18th president of Syria from 1971 until his death of a heart attack in 2000.

Jun 10, 2000 · afez al-Assad, the air force officer who ruled Syria for nearly three decades, transforming a Middle East backwater into an introverted regional power that endured as the …

Jun 10, 2015 · Analysis: Hafez al-Assad died 15 years ago. But the militarised security state that he established stands up today, over the dead bodies of Syrians.

Syrian President Hafez al-Assad died in Damascus at the age of 69 on June 10, 2000. He was succeeded by his son Bashar . On December 11, 2024, Syrian Rebel fighters torched the …