Hafez al-Assad

Hafez al-Assad
Hafez al-Assad
Preses o Sirie
	In office; 22 Februar 1971 – 10 Juin 2000
Prime Meenister	Abdul Rahman Kleifawi; Mahmoud al-Ayyubi; Muhammad Ali al-Halabi; Abdul Rauf al-Kasm; Mahmoud Zuabi; Muhammad Mustafa Mero
Precedit bi	Ahmad al-Khatib
Succeedit bi	Abdul Halim Khaddam (Actin)
Prime Meenister o Sirie
	In office; 21 November 1970 – 3 Aprile 1971
Preses	Ahmad al-Khatib
Precedit bi	Nureddin al-Atassi
Succeedit bi	Abdul Rahman Kleifawi
Secretary o the Sirie Regional Command o the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
	In office; 1970 – 10 Juin 2000
Precedit bi	Nureddin al-Atassi
Succeedit bi	Bashar al-Assad
Secretary General o the Naitional Command o the Ba'ath Pairty
	In office; 1970 – 10 Juin 2000
Precedit bi	Unkent
Succeedit bi	Abdullah al-Ahmar
Meenister o Defense
	In office; 1966–1972
Precedit bi	Muhammad Umran
Succeedit bi	Mustafa Tlass
Personal details
Born	Hafez ibn 'Ali ibn Sulayman al-Assad; 6 October 1930; Qardaha, Sirie
Dee'd	10 Juin 2000 (aged 69); Damascus, Sirie
Restin place	Qardaha, Sirie
Poleetical pairty	Arab Ba'ath Muivement (1946–1947); Arab Socialist Ba'ath Pairty (1947–1966); Damascus-based Ba'ath Pairty (1966–2000) (NPF)
Spoose(s)	Aniseh (née Makhluf)
Bairns	5
Religion	Alawite
Militar service
Allegiance	Sirie
Service/brainch	Sirie Air Force
Years o service	1955-1972
Rank	General
Commands	Commander o Sirie Air Force; Meenister o Defense

Hafez al-Assad (Arabic: حافظ الأسد‎ Ḥāfiẓ al-Asad) (October 6, 1930 – Juin 10, 2000) servit as Prime Meenister o Sirie frae 1970 tae 1971 an preses o Sirie frae 1971 till his daith. Assad's rule stabilized an consolidatit the pouer o the kintra's central govrenment efter decades o coups an coonter-coups.