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Rifaat al-Assad
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Syrian former military officer and politician (1937–2026)
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It sits within the topics 1937 births, 2026 deaths and Assad family.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rifat
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ba'athist Syria
- Place of birth
- Qardaha
- Place of death
- Dubai
- Father
- Ali al-Assad
- Sibling
- Jamil al-Assad
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Homs Military Academy
- Political party
- Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Conflict
- 1999 Latakia protests
- Military branch
- Syrian Army
- Military rank
- major general
- Image
- Rifaathafezassad (cropped).jpg
- Convicted of
- money laundering
- Political ideology
- Ba'athism
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- date of birth
- 1937-08-22
- Commons category
- Rifaat al-Assad
- name in native language
- رفعت علي الأسد
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- Defense Companies
- nickname
- جزَّار حماة
- political alignment
- far-left politics
- date of death
- 2026-01-20
- relative
- Bassel al-Assad
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1937 births2026 deathsAssad familyDamascus University alumniDeaths from influenzaGrand Cross of the Legion of HonourHoms Military Academy alumniInfectious disease deaths in the United Arab EmiratesMembers of the Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria RegionMissing Syrian peoplePeople from Latakia GovernoratePeople of the Islamic uprising in SyriaPeople of the Syrian civil warPerpetrators of the 1982 Hama massacrePoliticide perpetratorsSyrian exilesSyrian generalsSyrian mass murderersSyrian people convicted of money launderingSyrian war criminalsVice presidents of Syria