What is Bashar al-Assad?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = | birth_name = Bashar Hafez al-Assad | native_name = {{No bold|بَشَارُ الْأَسَّد}} | image = Bashar al-Assad.jpg | caption = Bashar al-Assad in 2018 | office = [[President of Syria]] | primeminister = {{List collapsed|title=''See list''|1={{plainlist| * [[Muhammad Mustafa Mero]] <small>(2000–2003)</small> * {{ill|Muhammad Naji al-Otari|en}} <small>(2003–2011)</small> * {{ill|Adel Safar|en}} <small>(2011–2012)</small> * {{ill|Riyad Farid Hijab|en}} <small>(Jun. – Aug. 2012)</small> * {{ill|Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji|en}} <small>(acting)</small> * {{ill|Wael Nader al-Halqi|en}} <small>(2012 onwards)</small> }} }} | vicepresident = {{List collapsed|title=''See list''|1={{plainlist| * [[Abdul Halim Khaddam]] <small>(1984–2005)</small> * {{ill|Zuhair Masharqa|en}} <small>(1984–2006)</small> * {{ill|Farouk al-Sharaa|en}} <small>(2006 onwards)</small> * {{ill|Najah al-Attar|en}} <small>(2006 onwards)</small> }} }} | term_start = 17 July 2000 | term_end = 8 December 2024 | predecessor = [[Abdul Halim Khaddam]] (Acting) | successor = [[Ahmed al-Sharaa]] | office1 = Regional Secretary of the [[Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Regional Command]] of the [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Syrian Regional Branch]] | leader1 = {{ill|Abdullah al-Ahmar|en}} | deputy1 = {{List collapsed|title=''See list''|1={{plainlist| * [[Sulayman Qaddah]] <small>(1985–2005)</small> * {{ill|Mohammed Saeed Bekheitan|en}} <small>(2005–2013)</small> * {{ill|Hilal Hilal|en}} <small>(2013 onwards)</small> }} }} | term_start1 = 24 June 2000 | term_end1 = 8 December 2024 | predecessor1 = [[Hafez al-Assad]] | successor1 = | office2 = Member of the [[Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Regional Command]] of the [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Re