2000 Syrian presidential election

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The 2000 Syrian presidential election was the tightly controlled referendum through which Bashar al-Assad formally succeeded his father Hafez al-Assad as president of Syria.

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instanceOf presidential election
referendum
ballotQuestion approval of Bashar al-Assad as president
causeOfElection death of President Hafez al-Assad
characterization non-competitive election
tightly controlled referendum
continent Asia
country Syria
date 10 July 2000
democraticStandardsAssessment widely criticized by human rights organizations
electoralSystem yes–no referendum
endDate 2000-07-10
era Bashar al-Assad era in Syria
followedBy 2007 Syrian presidential election
follows 1999 Syrian presidential election
headOfStateAfterElection Bashar al-Assad
headOfStateBeforeElection Hafez al-Assad
internationalObservers absent
languageUsedInBallots Arabic
legalFramework Constitution of Syria
surface form: Syrian constitution
location Syria
mainCandidate Bashar al-Assad
mediaEnvironment state-controlled media
nominee Bashar al-Assad
noVotesPercentage approximately 0.3 percent
officeContested President of Syria
oppositionParticipation no legal opposition candidates
organizedBy Syrian government
partOf 2000 Syrian presidential election self-linksurface differs
surface form: Syrian presidential elections
partyOfMainCandidate Ba'ath Party
surface form: Ba'ath Party (Syrian-led faction)
position President of Syria
predecessorInOffice Hafez al-Assad
result Bashar al-Assad approved as President of Syria
Bashar al-Assad formally succeeded Hafez al-Assad as president
rulingParty Ba'ath Party
surface form: Ba'ath Party (Syrian-led faction)
significance marked the dynastic succession from Hafez al-Assad to Bashar al-Assad
singleCandidateElection true
startDate 2000-07-10
successorInOffice Bashar al-Assad
supervisedBy Syrian government
surface form: Syrian authorities
termLengthForOffice seven years
tookPlaceInCity Damascus
triggeredBy death of Hafez al-Assad on 10 June 2000
type one-candidate referendum
voterTurnout 94.6%
approximately 94.6 percent
year 2000
yesVotesPercentage 99.7%
approximately 99.7 percent

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Bashar al-Assad election 2000 Syrian presidential election
2000 Syrian presidential election partOf 2000 Syrian presidential election self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Syrian presidential elections
2007 Syrian presidential election previousElection 2000 Syrian presidential election