# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bassel-al-assad
# Generated: 2026-08-31T16:43:19.511Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bassel-al-assad"
name: "Bassel al-Assad"
slug: "bassel-al-assad"
description: "Bassel al-Assad was a Syrian military officer, engineer and politician. He was the eldest son of Syrian president Hafez al-Assad. He was expected to succeed his father as president until his death in a car crash in January 1994. After his death, his younger brother Bashar became heir apparent to the Syrian presidency and ultimately succeeded their father upon his death."
tagline: "Syrian engineer, soldier, politician, and eldest son of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Basil_assad.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1962-03-23"
deathDate: "1994-01-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.52654133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ბასილ ალ ასადი"
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    title: "바셀 알아사드"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bassel el-Assad"
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    title: "Basil al-Asad"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump