Category:Bashar al-Assad

Bashar al-Assad
	President of Syria
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Date of birth	11 September 1965; Damascus
Country of citizenship	Syria;
Educated at	Damascus University (medicine, 1988, 1982, bachelor's degree);
Occupation	politician; ophthalmologist; military personnel;
Member of political party	Ba'ath Party; Ba'ath Party;
Position held	President of Syria (17 July 2000, Abdul Halim Khaddam, 19);
Native language	Arabic;
Family	Al-Assad family;
Father	Hafez al-Assad;
Mother	Anisa Makhlouf;
Sibling	Bassel al-Assad; Maher al-Assad; Q6852608; Bushra al-Assad;
Spouse	Asma al-Assad (December 2000 – );
Award received	Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (11 March 2010, 28 September 2012, Damascus); Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class (21 April 2002); Royal Order of Francis I (21 March 2004, Damascus); Grand Cross of the White Rose of Finland (5 October 2009, Damascus); Order of the Liberator (28 June 2010, Caracas); Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross (30 June 2010, Brasília); Grand Cordon of the National Order of the Cedar‎ (31 July 2010, Beirut); Order of Islamic Republic (31 July 2010, Tehran); Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (25 June 2001, Élysée Palace); Order of Abdulaziz al Saud; Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise; Order of the Southern Cross; National Order of the Cedar; Order of Umayyad; Order of Zayed;
Authority control
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