Hafez al-Assad

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authoritarian ruler head of state human military officer politician

Hafez al-Assad was the long-serving president of Syria and a central figure in Arab-Israeli politics, known for his authoritarian rule and strategic role in regional diplomacy.

Aliases (1)

al-Assad ×1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	authoritarian ruler → head of state → human → military officer → politician →
burialPlace	Qardaha →
cameToPowerBy	Corrective Movement coup of November 1970 →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
child	Bashar al-Assad → Bassel al-Assad → Bushra al-Assad → Maher al-Assad → Majd al-Assad →
conflict	Lebanese Civil War → Six-Day War → Yom Kippur War →
controlled	Syrian security and intelligence apparatus →
countryOfBirth	French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon →
countryOfCitizenship	Syria →
dateOfBirth	1930-10-06 →
dateOfDeath	2000-06-10 →
education	Syrian Air Force Academy →
ethnicGroup	Alawites →
familyName	al-Assad →
fullName	Hafez al-Assad →
givenName	Hafez →
ideology	Arab nationalism → Ba'athism → authoritarianism → state socialism →
implementedPolicy	one-party dominance under the Ba'ath Party → state-led economic development in Syria →
influenced	Syrian intervention in Lebanon →
knownFor	Hama massacre of 1982 → authoritarian rule → central role in Arab–Israeli politics → long-serving presidency of Syria → strategic regional diplomacy →
languageSpoken	Arabic →
maintainedAllianceWith	Russian Federation → Soviet Union →
militaryBranch	Syrian Arab Air Force →
militaryRank	Lieutenant general →
officeEnd	Minister of Defense of Syria 1972-01-01 → President of Syria 2000-06-10 → Prime Minister of Syria 1971-04-03 →
officeStart	Minister of Defense of Syria 1966-02-23 → President of Syria 1971-03-12 → Prime Minister of Syria 1970-11-21 →
opposed	State of Israel →
participatedIn	peace negotiations over the Golan Heights →
placeOfBirth	Qardaha →
placeOfDeath	Damascus →
politicalParty	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region →
positionHeld	General Secretary of the National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party → Minister of Defense of Syria → President of Syria → Prime Minister of Syria → Regional Secretary of the Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region →
predecessor	Ahmad al-Khatib →
religion	Alawite Islam →
spouse	Anisa Makhlouf →
successor	Bashar al-Assad →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1982 Lebanon War → Yom Kippur War →	commandedBy
Hafez al-Assad ("al-Assad") →	familyName
Bashar al-Assad →	father
Hafez al-Assad →	fullName
Middle East shuttle diplomacy →	hasKeyFigure
Ba'ath Party →	notableLeader
Bashar al-Assad →	precededBy