Bashar Al-Assad

Bashar al-Assad is the syrian president who has led the country since 2000. Not everyone likes this fact both in the home country of the head of state and in the world community. His ba'ath party colleagues considered him a traitor, not appreciating the liberal style of leadership, which was sharply different from his father's. The military top did not have to like the decline of the role of the army. The situation was taken advantage of by Islamic radicals, having decided that the presidential power had weakened.

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In response, Assad "twisted the nuts": got rid of the undesirables in different ways, introduced the emergency regime, closed disloyal media, blocked social networks. Mass public protests led to civil war. A number of foreign states are demanding Bashar's resignation, believing that this is the only way to stop the bloodshed, funding the Free Army and the National Council, whose activities are aimed at overthrowing the Assad regime.

But Bashar was re-elected three times to the main state post, continues the stubborn fight against terrorism, having enlisted the support of many countries, including Russia, and yesterday's hostile coalition asks for support from pro-government forces.

Bashar Hafez al-Assad was born on September 11, 1965, in the Syrian capital, the son of a general, commander of Syrian air defense forces and Air Force Hafez al-Assad, who later became defense minister and in 1971 headed the country and the ruling Baath party. The mother of the future president, Anise Makhlouf, belonged to the richest clan of the Alawite Haddadin tribe and devoted her life to raising children, as her father was constantly absent from home and was busy with public affairs.

Bashar al-Assad received his primary education at the elite Damascus Lyceum Hurria. He was a diligent and diligent student with a pronounced ability to learn foreign languages. After graduating from the Lyceum, the future Syrian head entered the Faculty of Ophthalmology at Damascus Medical University and graduated with a red diploma.

Having become a certified doctor, the son of the current president of the country, who at one time also dreamed of a career as a medic, went to work in a specialty in a military hospital in the suburbs of the Syrian capital.

In 1991, Bashar went to London for an internship at the ophthalmology center at St. Mary's Hospital. Abroad, Assad worked under a pseudonym so that no one would know what kind of family he came from. But in 1994, the young man dropped out of school and work in the UK and returned home, as in a car accident killed the older brother Basel, whom his father was preparing for his successors. Bashar had to take on the role of heir to the clan and leave dreams of medicine to become the president of the country.

Preparations for the presidency of Bashar al-Assad began with the military academy of Homs, where experienced military commanders conducted individual training with him. In parallel with military training, the future Syrian head was actively engaged in state affairs, took the position of adviser under his father.

He also chaired an anti-corruption committee in the government and Syria's internal security service. At the same time, Bashar oversaw the country's investment policy, promoting the interests of "new Syrians," which included the children of high-ranking officials.

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Although Bashar al-Assad had nothing to do with Syria's foreign policy, he dealt with Syrian-Lebanese issues. Since 1999, the future president began to make political tours around the world and receive foreign delegations instead of his father. Thanks to Bashar's efforts, the Internet appeared in Syria in 1999, and in 2000 - cellular communication.

Then Assad managed to change the image of the doctor to an energetic, fair and honest politician, which won tremendous support among the population. Therefore, after his father died of heart failure in 2000, he became the only candidate for the presidency of Syria.

Bashar al-Assad's biography as the country's president began on the same day that Hafez Al-Assad died. The country's parliament immediately changed the constitution, lowering the minimum age of a presidential candidate so that Bashar could become the head of Syria at the age of 34. The next day he was promoted to lieutenant general, after which he, in addition to the country, headed the Syrian army. In the presidential election, Assad won more than 97% of the vote, many of whom were bleeding "Yes."

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In the early years of Syria's leadership, the president liberalized the country's political system, amnestyd a number of political prisoners, and promoted the creation of political forums, and the first independent newspaper. Also at the dawn of Bashar's presidency in Damascus there were non-state universities, opened stock market and private banks. In 4 years he changed the cabinet by 15%, replacing military officials with civilians.

In 2007, the term of government expired, but Assad again won the elections - he was supported by 97% of the population, and Bashar gained power until 2014. In his second term in office, he faced the aftermath of a civil war that began to erupt in Syria in 2011.

Then mass protests began throughout the country, demands for political reforms and the lifting of the state of emergency, which was imposed in 1963. Bashar promised to fulfill all the demands of the people, dismissed the government, signed a decree on the abolition of the state of emergency, but it did not help to resolve the situation.

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In Syria, there was an opposition that stimulated Protestants. After Bashar al-Assad began to use military forces to disperse the protesters, he fell out of favor with many European countries. The Free Syrian Army and the National Council emerged as "fruits" of the activities of opposition forces wanting to overthrow the Assad regime.

The Syrian opposition is still supported by the United States, The United Kingdom, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, France and the United States. In 2013, divisions began within the Syrian opposition, resulting in a number of extremist groups opposed to the FSA, including the banned ISIS in Russia.

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The situation escalated in August 2013, when the media spread the news about the use of chemical weapons near Damascus. The UN Special Commission has identified only the fact of the attack, but did not name the culprits. A month later, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met and agreed that all chemical weapons stockpiles should be destroyed in Syria. The last batch was taken out at the end of June 2014, but the West's claims to Assad have not subsided.

In a 2014 interview, Bashar al-Assad said the Syrian civil war was a "tipping point" and a process of national reconciliation had begun. At the same time, he announced his intention to run for a third presidential term. Elections in Syria were held on June 3, 2014, Assad won almost 89% of the vote and became president again.

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Many Western countries believe that the last presidential elections are illegal because they took place in the context of civil war. Despite this, Bashar al-Assad continues to lead the Syrian government army and fight terrorism that threatens the entire world. Assad's main enemy is the Islamic State group, whose fighters he is fighting alongside the U.S.-led international coalition, whose actions are not only against ISIS but also against the government army.

In September 2015, the official Damascus appealed to Vladimir Putin with a request to provide military assistance in the fight against terrorist groups. After Sovfed gave permission for the use of Russian weapons and contingents abroad, the Russian Defense Ministry launched a special operation in Syria. The aim of Russia's participation in the military Syrian conflict is the complete destruction of ISIL, which poses a threat not only to Russia, but to the whole world.

In the countries of the East it is not customary to tell about personal life, and to be loyal to photography there began at the end of the 20th century. Bashar's family is mentioned only in connection with political activity, especially since the wife of the Syrian president is also an active player on this field, even the operation to remove the cancerous tumor, made in 2019, does not stop her.

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In 2001, Assad married Asma al-Ahras, the daughter of a prominent Syrian cardiologist and secretary of the Syrian Embassy in the UK. The woman was born and raised in London, where she graduated from university and received a degree in economics and computer technology, worked in the investment company J. P. Morgan. He speaks 4 foreign languages and has dual citizenship. She is a Sunni Muslim.

Religion is considered a trump card in the hands of Assad, because the presidential clan relies on Alawite Muslims, of which only 15% of the population. And Sunnis - almost 80%, and Rosa Damascus, as nicknamed countrymen Asma, at home adore. There are legends about the nationality and faith of Bashar himself. Some researchers, who do not consider Alawism a branch of Islam, believe that the head of the Syrian state is a Christian. There are sources in the Internet space claiming that Assad is a Jew and a Cilician Armenian. There is no clear opinion.

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Bashar knew his wife from childhood, as their families were friends and often went to visit each other, but fell in love only during an internship in London. After Asma returned to Syria, the lovers married. From a tall (height - 189 cm) men and a fragile woman turned out to be a stylish couple. The country's first lady gave her husband three children - sons Hafez and Karim, born in 2001 and 2004, and in 2003 gave birth to a daughter, zine.

His wife is engaged in raising children and is active in charitable activities, advocates for gender equality and is famous for its rigid character. Once a British tabloid reproached the wife of the Syrian head that such an intelligent and educated lady is not entitled to live with the dictator, make a revolution on the blood and bones of citizens. In response, he received a rebuke:

Bashar does not have a personal page in social networks, the Instagram account is held on behalf of the presidential administration.

The Russian Ministry of Defense recognized the military operation in Syria as a success and withdrew troops from the territory of the Middle Eastern country. The West still considers Assad a dictator, like Saddam Hussein or Muammar Gaddafi. Former US Secretary of Defense James Matty said there was no evidence of the Syrian army's use of chemical weapons, and the British journalist admitted that the gas attacks blamed on the Assad administration were fake.

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Claims against Russia over the Syrian issue are based on categorical rejection of support for the current president. Bashar himself considers the "northern neighbor" to be his best friend. There is a rift among European leaders over the future of Bashar al-Assad. France already believes that he has the right to participate in future elections if he wishes.

Now Assad has set the main goal of returning refugees to their homeland and providing people with decent conditions. In 2018, Syria held local government elections, an amnesty for those who evade conscription was announced. The President of the Arab state wants to visit Crimea, he is already waiting for the Yalta Economic Forum scheduled for April 2019. In January of the same year, Russia appointed a new ambassador to Syria.

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Bashar al-Assad Net Worth 2021

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Bashar al-Assad Net Worth 2019

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Bashar al-Assad Net Worth 2017

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