Hafez al-Assad (6 October 1930 - 10 June 2000) was a Syrian statesman and military officer who served as President of Syria from 1971 to 2000. He was also Prime Minister of Syria from 1970 to 1971, as well as 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 to 2000. Assad participated in the 1963 Syrian coup d'état which brought the Syrian regional branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party to power, and the new leadership appointed him commander of the Syrian Air Force. In February 1966, Assad participated in a second coup, which toppled the traditional leaders of the Ba'ath Party. Assad was appointed defence minister by the new government. Four years later, Assad initiated a third coup which ousted the de facto leader Salah Jadid and appointed himself as leader of Syria.
Dokument utifrån(1971)as President of Syria (1971-2000), Self
Today(1952)as Self - Syrian President
TV Eye(1978)as Self
Menschen und Mächte(1963)as Self
Eating the Plate(2026)as Self
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth(2025)as Self - President of Syria
Arte Journal(1998)as Self
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?(2024)as Self - President of Syria
Lockerbie(2023)as Self - Syrian President