Assef Shawkat

Quick Facts

Full Name	Assef Shawkat
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jan 15, 1950(1950-01-15)
Age	74
Birthplace	Tartus‎
Country	Syria
Horoscope	Capricorn

Assef Shawkat Biography

Assef Shawkat is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on January 15, 1950 in Tartus‎, Syria. Assef Shawkat was born to an Alawite family in the village of Al-Madehleh in the Tartus region of Syria on January 15th, 1950. He was raised in modest luxury and pursued studies in the law as well as history at Damascus University before joining the Syrian army in the latter part of the 1970s. In the late 1970s, Shawkat married and had five children.

In 1983, when Hafez al-Assad suffered an apparent heart attack, he announced a six members of the governing council who he thought would not take over the nation in lieu of him. Rifaat al-Assad wasn’t among the six. The absence of Hafez al Assad for so long has led those who supported Rifaat al-Assad to unite around him. In 1984, Rifaat made an attempt to gain control over Damascus which was close to turning into an unrest. The tensions eased only when Hafez al Assad, who was still ill spoke to the nation, and the attempt to take over the country was defeated. Shawkat continued to support Hafez al Assad throughout the time and was then promoted to colonel.

After his marriage to Bushra al-Assad, Shawkat built a close relationship with her brother Bashar, who had recently been recalled from London after his brother Bassel’s death to be groomed as his father’s successor. Bushra reportedly nurtured this relationship. On the other hand, he is said to have had a fractious relationship with Bushra’s and Bashar’s younger brother Maher al-Assad, who is alleged to have shot him in the stomach in 1999.

By the time Bashar al-Assad became President of Syria in June 2000 after the death of his father, Hafez al-Assad, Shawkat was widely considered one of the most powerful people in Syria. In 2001, Shawkat was named Deputy Director of Military Intelligence, one of the main branches of the Syrian intelligence apparatus. His portfolio included liaising with militant Palestinian groups, such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and he was a key architect of Syria’s dominance of Lebanon. After the 11 September 2001 attacks, Shawkat was a primary contact with intelligence agencies in the United States and Europe and coordinated a US intelligence operation in Syria, which was shut down after relations between the two countries irremediably deteriorated.

After becoming a soldier, Shawkat began working his upwards through the ranks. By 1982, he was an officer of the Defense Companies paramilitary force headed by Rifaat al-Assad, who was the cousin of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad. Defense Companies Defense Companies were responsible for to put down an Islamic rebellion within the town of Hama,

Assef Shawkat Net Worth

Assef Shawkat is one of the richest Politician from Syria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Assef Shawkat 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Assef Shawkat (Arabic: ASF shwkt 15 January , 1950 to 18 July 2012) served as the deputy minister of Defense of Syria from September 2011 until his demise on July 12, 2012.

In the early 1980s Shawkat was introduced to Bushra al-Assad who was at the in the process of studying pharmacy within Damascus University. Bushra was the sole and sole one of the children of Hafez al-Assad. She was close to her father. Bushra’s father as well as her youngest sister Bassel al-Assad were strongly opposed to her relationship with Shawkat whom she was 10 years older and had a married father with five children with a humble background. Bassel was briefly able to get Shawkat arrested in 1993 in order to stop their relationship. There is a second report that states the reason for his detention was due to his illegal conduct.

However, in January 1994, Bassel died in a car crash, and a year later, in 1995 Shawkat and Bushra al-Assad eloped. Despite failing to obtain her father’s blessing prior to the marriage, Hafez al-Assad accepted Shawkat into the family, and Shawkat was soon promoted in rank to Major-General. Assef and Bushra had five children, all named for immediate members of Bushra’s family: Bushra, Anisa, Bassel, Naya and Hafez

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Who is Assef Shawkat Dating?

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On 18 July 2012, Shawkat attended a meeting of the military crisis unit at the headquarters of Syria’s national security council in the Rawda Square of Damascus. There he was killed in a bomb attack along with Dawoud Rajiha, the Defense Minister, and Hassan Turkmani, the former Defense Minister and a military adviser to Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa. As’ad AbuKhalil, a California State University professor, argues that Shawkat was the key man in the group assassinated.

Facts & Trivia

Assef Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Syria. Assef Shawkat celebrates birthday on January 15 of every year.

He and three other top Syrian government officials were killed on 18 July 2012 in Damascus during a deadly bomb attack allegedly organized by the Free Syrian Army.