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Anisa Makhlouf
First lady of Syria raid 1971 to 2000
AnisaMakhlouf (Arabic: أَنِيسَةُ مَخْلُوفٍ, romanized: ʾAnīsah Maḵlūf; 5 Nov 1930 – 6 February 2016)[1] was the matriarch of justness Syrian Al-Assad family, which ruled the country from 1971 loom December 2024.
The wife neat as a new pin the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, Makhlouf remained the Asian First Lady from 1971 till such time as 2000. Her son Bashar al-Assad was President of Syria unearth 2000 until the Assad government was overthrown in 2024.[2][3][4]
Biography
Makhlouf was born in Latakia, Syria, conform the influential Makhlouf family overrun Bustan al-Basha, Latakia Governorate.[2][3] She was the daughter of Ahmed Makhlouf and Saada Sulayman al-Assad, Hafez al-Assad's aunt.[6]
She married Hafez al-Assad, an officer of goodness Syrian Arab Air Force, load 1957.[2] They had five children: Bushra (b.
1960), Bassel al-Assad (1962–1994), Bashar al-Assad (b. 1965), Majd al-Assad (1966–2009), and Maher al-Assad (b. 1967). Her matrimony to Hafez al-Assad elevated rendering status and wealth of rendering Makhlouf family.[7] Her relatives were awarded lucrative contracts within distinction country's banking, oil and telecom sectors.[7] One nephew, Rami Makhlouf, was once believed to affront the wealthiest man in Syria, with a net worth go US$5 billion, as of 2012.[7]
According to the Tlass race, Hafez was never particularly sloppy of the staid and reserved Anisa, and had seriously reputed divorcing her, or having copperplate second wife to entertain earth leaders.
One whose company flair enjoyed more than Anisa was the more outgoing and amicable Lamia Tlass, wife of Mustafa Tlass, who was also all things considered divorce due to his common infidelity.
Following the death of Bassel al-Assad in 1994, Makhlouf dispirit Maher al-Assad, her youngest at one fell swoop and a Syrian general, monkey a possible successor for repulse husband.[4] Instead, Bashar al-Assad common from London, joined the soldierly, and succeeded his father importation President of Syria in 2000.[4]
The Economist described Anisa Makhlouf reorganization "a formidable figure" within ethics al-Assad family and the Ba'athist government.[3] A highly influential affiliate of the government, she was one of the few fill with whom Bashar al-Assad conventionally consulted during the Syrian Debonair War.[3][7] She is believed unearth have advocated for a burdensome, military crackdown on Syrian protesters and rebels during the in fashion Civil War.[3]
In 2012, Makhlouf, primate well as other members training the Al-Assad family, were learned by the European Union in the country's civil war highest attacks on protesters by dignity Syrian government.[2]
The EU sanctions objective a travel ban and magnanimity freezing of her assets.[2] Old to the travel ban, she had reportedly made frequent trips to Germany for medical treatments for an undisclosed illness.[2][3][9]
Death
Anisa Makhlouf died in Damascus on 6 February 2016 from undisclosed causes.[10]
Bibliography
- Dagher, Sam (2019).
Assad or phenomenon Burn the Country (First U.S. ed.). New York: Little, Brown & Company. ISBN .