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Rifaat al-Assad
Syrian former military officer and politician (1937–2026)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 22 August 1937
- Died
- 20 January 2026
- Conflict
- Islamist revolution in Syria, Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, Lebanese Civil War, 1984 Syrian coup attempt, 1999 Latakia protests
- Place of birth
- Qardaha
- Place of death
- Dubai
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Rifat
- Family name
- Al Asad
- Father
- Ali al-Baghl
- Child
- Ribal al-Assad, Siwar al-Assad
- Sibling
- Hafez al-Assad, Jamil al-Assad
- Occupation
- politician, military personnel
- Position held
- Vice President of Syria
- Religion
- Alawite
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- Defense Companies
- convicted of
- money laundering
- educated at
- Damascus University, Homs Military Academy
- languages spoken, written or signed
- Arabic
- legal counsel
- Benjamin Gründler
- member of political party
- Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region
- military branch
- Syrian Army
- military, police or special rank
- major general
- name in native language
- رفعت علي الأسد
- nickname
- Schlächter von Hama, Різник з Хами, Butcher of Hama, Hama Kasabı, جزَّار حماة
- political alignment
- far-left politics
- political ideology
- Ba'athism
- relative
- Bashar al-Assad, Bassel al-Assad
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