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Bashar al-Assad
President of Syria from 2000 to 2024
In this Arabic name, the surname is Assad.
Bashar al-Assad[b] (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician, military officer and dictator[1] who served as the president of Syria from 2000 until his government was overthrown in the Syrian Revolution in 2024. As president, Assad was commander-in-chief of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces and secretary-general of the Central Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. He is the son of Hafez al-Assad, who ruled Syria 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. In 1994, after his elder brother Bassel al-Assad died in a car crash, Assad was recalled to Syria to take over Bassel's role as heir apparent. Assad entered the military academy and in 1998 took charge of the Syrian occupation of Lebanon begun by his father. On 17 July 2000, Assad became president, succeeding his father, who had died on 10 June 2000.[2] Many hoped the UK-educated young man would bring reform to Syria and relax the occupation of Lebanon.[3] These hopes were dashed following a series of crackdowns in 2001–2002 that ended the Damascus Spring, a period define
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- Travels of the President - Travels - Department History
| Name | Locale | Remarks | Date |
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| John Foster Dulles | Beirut | Met with President Chamoun and senior Lebanese officials. | May 16–17, 1953 |
| William Pierce Rogers | Beirut | Met with President Frangieh and senior Lebanese officials. | May 3–4, 1971 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger | Beirut | Met with President Frangieh and Premier Solh. | December 16–17, 1973 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance | Beirut | Met with President Sarkis and senior Lebanese officials. | February 18, 1977 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance | Beirut | Met with President Sarkis and senior Lebanese officials; reviewed the Middle East peace process. | August 3, 1977 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance | Beirut | Reviewed the Middle East peace process. | December 13, 1977 |
| George Pratt Shultz | Beirut | Attempted to negotiate the withdrawal of foreign forces from Lebanon. | April 28, 1983 |
| George Pratt Shultz | Beirut | Attempted to negotiate the withdrawal of foreign forces from Lebanon. | April 30–May 1, 1983 |
| George Pratt Shultz | Beirut | Attempted to negotiate the withdrawal of foreign forces from Lebanon. | May 3–4, 1983 |
| George Pratt Shultz | Beirut | Discussed the proposed Israeli-Lebanon agreement. | May 8, 1983 |
| George Pratt Shultz | Beirut | Discussed means of withdrawing foreign force |