Bashar al-Assad

1965

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Biography

Bashar Hafez al-Assad is a Syrian politician who has been the President of Syria since July 2000. He studied ophthalmology in London and began practicing as an eye doctor in Damascus. Following the death of his father, Hafez al-Assad, Bashar was unexpectedly chosen as his successor and assumed the presidency. His rule has been marked by the Syrian Civil War and widespread criticism for human rights abuses.