Bashar al-Assad (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician who has served as the 19th president of Syria since 17 July 2000. In addition, he is the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces and the secretary-general of the Central Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, which nominally espouses a neo-Ba'athist ideology. His father and predecessor was General Hafez al-Assad, whose presidency between 1971 and 2000 marked the transfiguration of Syria from a republican state into a dynastic dictatorship tightly controlled by an Alawite-dominated elite composed of the armed forces and the Mukhabarat (secret services), who are loyal to the al-Assad family.
- Bashar al-Assad (Better 2000s)
- Bashar al-Assad (Differently)
- Bashar al-Assad (Double Collapse)
- Bashar al-Assad (Hagop Project)
- Bashar al-Assad (President McCain)