# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/assef-shawkat
# Generated: 2026-08-31T19:33:50.971Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/assef-shawkat"
name: "Assef Shawkat"
slug: "assef-shawkat"
description: "Assef Shawkat was a Syrian military officer and intelligence chief who was the Deputy Minister of Defense of Syria from September 2011 until his death in July 2012. He was the brother-in-law of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, having married his older sister Bushra."
tagline: "Syrian Intelligence chief and politician (1950-2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Assef_Shawkat.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1950-01-15"
deathDate: "2012-07-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.44
  momentum:             10
  historical:           14.878676
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "阿塞夫·舒卡特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آصف شوكت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آصف شوكت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Asif Schaukat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assef_Shawkat"
    title: "Assef Shawkat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B5%D9%81_%D8%B4%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%AA"
    title: "آصف شوکت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assef_Chaoukat"
    title: "Assef Chaoukat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%A3_%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%90%D7%AA"
    title: "אסף שווכאת"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "アースィフ・シャウカト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "아세프 샤우카트"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asif_Szaukat"
    title: "Asif Szaukat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assef_Chawkat"
    title: "Assef Chawkat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B5%D9%81_%D8%B4%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%AA"
    title: "آصف شوکت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assef_Shawkat"
    title: "Assef Shawkat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%2C_%D0%90%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%84"
    title: "Шаукат, Асеф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/As%C4%B1f_%C5%9Eevket"
    title: "Asıf Şevket"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B5%D9%81_%D8%B4%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%AA"
    title: "آصف شوکت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump