Anisa Machluf

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Anisa Machluf (before 2000)

Anisa Machluf ( Arabic أنيسة مخلوف, DMG Anīsa Maḫlūf ; also Anisa Makhlouf al-Assad ; * 1930 in Latakia ; † February 6, 2016 in Damascus ) was the wife of the former Syrian President Hafiz al-Assad and from 1971 to 2000 the country's first lady and mother of the current Syrian President Bashar al-Assad .

Career

Machluf was born in the coastal city of Latakia. Her Alawite family was wealthy. She married the future Syrian President Hafiz al-Assad in 1957. The couple had five children, Bushra , Basil (†), Bashar, Majed (†) and Mahir . Although she performed very little in public, she was considered very influential in Syrian society. She is Rami Machluf's aunt . During the civil war in Syria in 2012, she and other members of the Assad family were sanctioned by the Council of the European Union , her assets were frozen and she was banned from traveling. In the last years of her life she was often ill and therefore often consulted doctors in Germany . She died on February 6, 2016 in Damascus.

Web links

Commons : Anisa Makhlouf  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's mother has died. In: Business Insider. February 6, 2016, accessed December 30, 2018 (eng).
  2. ↑ Syrian president's mother Anissa Assad dies aged 86. In: www.aljazeera.com. February 6, 2016, accessed December 30, 2018 (eng).
personal data
SURNAME Machluf, Anisa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Makhlouf, Anisa; Makhlouf al-Assad, Anisa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Syrian wife of President Hafiz al-Assad and first lady of the state
DATE OF BIRTH 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Latakia
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 2016
Place of death Damascus