| Bashar al-Assad  Born: 11-Sep-1965
Birthplace: Damascus, Syria
Gender: Male
Religion: Shia Muslim [1]
Race or Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State Nationality: Syria
Executive summary: Syrian president Bashar al-Assad never expected to be a head of state. The second son of President Hafez al-Assad, Bashar was studying ophthalmology in London when his older brother and heir apparent Basil was killed in a car accident. Bashar was immediately enrolled in the Homs military academy, north of Damascus, and groomed for the highest office. He came into power in 2000 after the death of his father.
[1] Alawite, a sect of Shia Islam.
Father: Hafez al-Assad (President of Syria, d. 2000)
Brother: Basil al-Assad (d. 1994 car crash)
Wife: Asmaa al-Akhras (British national)
Son: Hafez (b. Dec-2001)
Daughter: Zein (b. Oct-2003)
Son: (b. 16-Dec-2004)
Medical School: Ophthalmology, Tishrin Military Hospital, Damascus (1992)
President of Syria 17-Jul-2000 to present
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