Bashar al-Assad (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician and military officer who ruled Syria as a dictator from 2000 until his government was overthrown by Syrian rebels in December 2024. As the 19th president of Syria, Assad was the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces and the secretary-general of the Central Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. He is the son of Hafez al-Assad, who ruled from 1971 until his death in 2000. . In the 1980s, Assad became a doctor, and in the early 1990s he was training in London as an ophthalmologist.
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Bashar al-Assad (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician and military officer who ruled Syria as a dictator from 2000 until his government was overthrown by Syrian rebels in December 2024. As the 19th president of Syria, Assad was the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces and the secretary-general of the Central Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. He is the son of Hafez al-Assad, who ruled from 1971 until his death in 2000. . In the 1980s, Assad became a doctor, and in the early 1990s he was training in London as an ophthalmologist.
