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Syria: Bashar al-Assad, President of the Syrian Arab Republic (2000- ), 2011

Syria: Bashar al-Assad, President of the Syrian Arab Republic (2000- ), 2011

Bashar al-Assad (born 11 Sept 1965) is president of the Syrian Arab Republic and Regional Secretary of the Ba'ath Party. He became president in 2000 after the death of his father Hafez al-Assad, who had ruled Syria for 29 years.