Syrian general and politician, 18th President of Syria (born 1930)

Hafez al-Assad

Hafez al-Assad was a Syrian politician and military officer who served as the president of Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000. He was previously the prime minister from 1970 to 1971 as well as the regional secretary of the regional command of the Syrian regional branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and secretary general of the National Command of the Ba'ath Party from 1970 until his death. Assad was a key participant in the 1963 Syrian coup d'état, which brought the Syrian regional branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party to power in the country, a power that lasted until the fall of the regime in 2024, then led by his son Bashar.

Born

1930

October 6

Died

2000

Era

1930s

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Hafez, in brief

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23 Rebels decapitate Wang Mang, only Emperor of the Xin Dynasty, after his capital was sacked during a peasant rebellion.
404 Byzantine Empress Eudoxia dies from the miscarriage of her seventh pregnancy.

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The world in 1930

When Hafez arrived

april 18 A fire kills 118 people at a wooden church in the small Romanian town of Costești, most of them schoolchildren, after starting during Good Friday services.
april 2 After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
april 22 The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
april 28 The Independence Producers host the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.

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Adam Gemili 1993– English sprinter Barbara Castle 1910–2002 Baroness Castle of Blackburn, English politician, First Secretary of State (born 1910) Ben Summerskill 1961– English businessman and journalist Fannie Lou Hamer 1917–1977 American activist and philanthropist (born 1917) Ferenc Nádasdy 1555–1604 Hungarian noble (born 1555) George Montagu-Dunk 1716–1771 2nd Earl of Halifax, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1716) James McGill 1744–1813 Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University (born 1744) Mark Field 1964– German-English lawyer and politician Marshall Rosenberg 1934–2015 American psychologist and author (born 1934)

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Ahmad Shah of Pahang (died 2019) 1930– Alfred Balk 1930–2010 American journalist and author (died 2010) Alifa Rifaat 1930– Egyptian author (died 1996) Anne Francis 1930–2011 American actress (born 1930) Antony Armstrong-Jones 1930–2017 1st Earl of Snowdon, English photographer and a former member of the British royal family (born 1930) Carolyn Jones 1930–1983 American actress (died 1983) Chris Barber 1930– English trombonist and bandleader (died 2021) David Dacko 1930–2003 Central African politician, 1st president of the Central African Republic (died 2003) Dolores Huerta 1930– American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers

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