Hafez al-Assad

Hafez al-Assad in 1987.

Hafez al-Assad (Arabic: حافظ الأسد‎ Ḥāfiẓ al-Asad) (October 6, 1930 – Juin 10, 2000) wis the preses o Sirie for three decades. Assad's rule stabilized an consolidatit the pouer of the kintra's central govrenment efter decades o coups an coonter-coups. He wis succeedit bi his son, Bashar al-Assad in 2000.

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