Bushra al-Assad

Deputy + Chief of Staff

Female

Born 1960

Age 53

Bushra al-Assad is the first child and only daughter of Hafez al-Assad, who was the president of Syria from 1971 to 2000. She is the sister of current Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. She is married to Assef Shawqat, the deputy chief of staff of the… Read More

Family

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Bushra al-Assad

Age 53

siblings

Maher al-Assad
Brother, Age 45

News + Updates

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Syrian President’s Sister In Uae
Ft.com Financial Times Blogs - Sep 28, 2012

It is unclear if Bushra al-Assad’s brother has approved her trip and sources told the Financial Times the trip is not a defection
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Syrian Opposition Looks At The Libya Model The Weekly Standard (Blog)
Google News - Aug 30, 2011

While teaching English at Damascus University, Shaaban befriended Bushra al-Assad, Bashar's sister, Bushra, whom she introduced to her eventual husband, Assef Shawkat, now a key regime security official who was sanctioned by the Bush administration in
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Der Syrische Machtapparat – Die Familie Assad Sf Tagesschau
Google News - Aug 03, 2011

Er ist verheiratet mit Bushra al-Assad, der einzigen Tochter von Hafez, und gilt als der vielleicht Skrupelloseste des Trios. Im militärischen Geheimdienst machte Schaukat Karriere, nun ist er stellvertretender Oberbefehlshaber der Streitkräfte
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Familienclan Assad Das Syrische Triumvirat Faz Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Google News - Jun 19, 2011

Der dritte, vielleicht der skrupelloseste im Bunde ist Assif Schaukat, der Schwager, verheiratet mit Bushra al Assad, der einzigen Tochter von Hafez. Schaukat gilt als mitleidlos, er machte Karriere in den militärischen Geheimdiensten, und auch in der
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1960 Birth Born on October 24, 1960.

TWENTIES

1982 21 Years Old Bushra received her degree in pharmacy in 1982 from Damascus University. … Read More

THIRTIES

1994 33 Years Old Since the death of her brother Bassel al-Assad in 1994, Bushra has been credited with increasing influence. … Read More

1995 34 Years Old Despite family opposition, Bushra married Shawkat in early 1995.

2000 39 Years Old Tensions between Bushra and her sister-in-law and Syria's first lady Asma al-Assad have been reported. Since Asma's marriage to the Syrian president in 2000, Asma has defied social conventions by frequently appearing in public and in the media. … Read More

FIFTIES

2011 50 Years Old Despite being considered within the inner ruling circle, when the Syrian Civil War broke out in March 2011, Bushra was not placed on the list of officials and relatives of the Assad and Makhlouf families sanctioned by the United States and the European Union, possibly under the hope that she or Asma could possibly stop the crisis. … Read More

2012 51 Years Old 2 More Events

As a result of the Syrian civil war, in March 2012 she was placed on a list of Syrian regime figures who were subject to European Union economic sanctions and travel bans.

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