Hafez Al-Assad
Dead
Born: 10/6/1930 in Qardaha, SyriaDied: 6/10/2000
Age: 69
Cause of death: heart failure
Noted For: Syrian defense minister (1967?-70); Syrian president (1970-2000). Leader of the socialist Baath Party; opposed peace with Israel and unsuccessfuly campaigned to win the Golan Heights from Israel. Father of Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad (1965).
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