Hafez al-Assad
Hafez al-Assad was born in Qardaha, Syria on October 6, 1930. Syrian Baath politician who served as Prime Minister of Syria from 1970 to 1971 and President of Syria from 1971 to 2000. He seized power in 1970. His second eldest son, Bashar al-Assad, took over the presidency of Syria after his death in 2000,