# Rifaat al-Assad

> Rifaat Ali Suleiman al-Assad was a Syrian military officer and politician. He was the younger brother of Hafez al-Assad and the uncle of Bashar al-Assad, who served successively as President of Syria. He is most famous for being the commanding officer of the ground operations of the 1982 Hama massacre.

*Syrian former military officer and politician (1937–2026)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/rifaat-al-assad

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1937-08-22
- **Died:** 2026-01-20
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 54.0 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 21.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Rifaat al-Assad](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifaat_al-Assad)
- [رفعت الأسد](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%B9%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AF)
- [رفعت الاسد](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%B9%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AF)
- [Rifaat al-Assad](https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifaat_al-Assad)
- [Rifat al-Àssad](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifat_al-%C3%80ssad)
- [ڕیفعەت ئەسەد](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%95%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%B9%DB%95%D8%AA_%D8%A6%DB%95%D8%B3%DB%95%D8%AF)
- [Rif'at al-Asad](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rif'at_al-Asad)
- [Rifaat al-Assad](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifaat_al-Assad)
- [Rifaat al-Assad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifaat_al-Assad)
- [Rifaat al-Ásad](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifaat_al-%C3%81sad)
- [رفعت اسد](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%B9%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AF)
- [Rifaat al-Assad](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifaat_al-Assad)
- [Rifaat al-Assad](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifaat_al-Assad)
- [Rifaat al-Assad](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifaat_al-Assad)
- [Rifat al-Assad](https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifat_al-Assad)
- [רפעת אל-אסד](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%A4%D7%A2%D7%AA_%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%93)
- [Ռիֆաթ ալ-Ասադ](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%AB%D6%86%D5%A1%D5%A9_%D5%A1%D5%AC-%D4%B1%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%A4)
- [Rifaat al-Assad](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifaat_al-Assad)
- [Rifa'at al-Assad](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifa'at_al-Assad)
- [რიფათ ალ-ასადი](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A4%E1%83%90%E1%83%97_%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A-%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%98)
- [리파트 알아사드](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%AC%ED%8C%8C%ED%8A%B8_%EC%95%8C%EC%95%84%EC%82%AC%EB%93%9C)
- [Rifaat al-Assad](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifaat_al-Assad)
- [Rifat al-Asad](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifat_al-Asad)
- [Rifaat al-Assad](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifaat_al-Assad)
- [Асад, Рифат](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%82)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q519639)

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