Bashar Assad - report
President of Syria from 2000 to 2024
Bashar al-Assad is a Syrian politician and military officer who ruled Syria in a dictatorship from 2000 until his government was overthrown by Syrian rebels in 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.