Question: Syrian statesman, politician, and general who was President of Syria from 1971 to 2000, died before the Syrian presidential election, held on what date?
Context: Maher Abd Al-Hafiz Hajjar (born 1968) is a Syrian politician, MP for Aleppo for the opposition People's Will Party and a candidate for the Syrian presidential election, 2014. Mouaffaq Nyrabia (Arabic: موفق نيربية‎ ‎ ; born 28 November 1949) is a Syrian dissident, politician, political writer and mechanical engineer, best known for his pivotal role in the creation of Damascus Declaration, a prominent Syrian Opposition structure until the Syrian Revolution erupted in March 2011.  Since he left Syria, in early 2013, he has been an active member of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, a member of its executive board, representing the secular political current "Muwatanah" (Arabic for "Citizenship").  Nyrabia worked on founding a democratic bloc inside the Syrian Coalition and joined the similar attempts led by dissident writer and politician Michael Kilo.  In June 2014, the democratic bloc, which became a major force inside the coalition, voted Nyrabia to be its candidate to preside over the coalition, after Ahmad Jarba, who is a member of the same bloc.  However, in March 2016, Nyrabia was elected as First Vice President of the coalition. Dr. Izzat Traboulsi LL.M Ph.D.Econ (born.  Damascus, Syria; November 20, 1913 – December 6, 2000;) (Arabic: الدكتور عزة الطرابلسي‎ ‎ ; alternate spelling: Ezzat Traboulsi, عزت الطرابلسي), was a Syrian politician, economist, banker, and writer.  He was the first governor of the Central Bank of Syria from 1956 to 1961 and served as Minister of Economy and Trade under the government of Head-of-State Nazim al-Qudsi and Syrian Prime Minister Khalid Al-Azm in 1962.  His ideas and actions had an important influence on the Syrian financial institutions. Hafez al-Assad (Arabic: حافظ الأسد‎ ‎ "Ḥāfiẓ al-ʾAsad ", ] ] ; 6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was a Syrian statesman, politician, and general who was President of Syria from 1971 to 2000.  He was also Prime Minister from 1970 to 1971, as well as Regional Secretary of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and Secretary General of the National Command of the Ba'ath Party from 1970 to 2000. Presidential elections were held in Syria on 10 July 2000, following the death of President Hafez al-Assad.  The only candidate was his son, Bashar al-Assad, with voters asked to approve or reject his candidacy.  A reported 99.7% of voters voted in favour, with a turnout of 94.6%.  Political opposition to the president was not allowed. Hadi al-Bahra (born in Damascus on Feb 13 1959) is a member of the Syrian opposition movement who was the President of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces from 9 July 2014 until 4 January 2015.  Al Bahra holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Wichita State University in the United States.  He held the position of Executive Director of Erfan and Bagedo general hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in the period 1983-1987.  In the period from 1987 until 2003, became CEO of Horizon of Commercial development Co, then general manager of Horizon International Exhibitions for the period 2004-2005, a company operating in the free zone in Damascus, Syria and then the CEO of Techno Media from 2005 until 2011.  Bahra has extensive experience in communications systems, information technology, interactive display systems, and the organization of conferences and events.  He has employed his expertise in communications to serve the Syrian revolution since it erupted, where he contributed to the establishment of support groups to coordinate communication between the Syrian activist and the regional and international media, he worked with the opposition inside Syria, contributing to the media, relief activities and the political side of the revolution. Randa Kassis (Arabic: رندة قسيس) is a Franco-Syrian politician and a leading secular figure of the Syrian opposition.  She is the President and founder of the Movement of the Pluralistic Society.  She was a member of the Syrian National Council until August 2012.  Randa Kassis is the former president of the Coalition of Secular and Democratic Syrians and member of the Syrian National Council.  The Coalition of Secular and Democratic Syrians, the nucleus of a secular and democratic Syrian opposition, was created by the union of a dozen Muslim and Christian, Arab and Kurd parties, who called upon minorities in Syria to support the fight against the government of Bashar al-Assad. Faris al-Khoury (Arabic: فارس الخوري‎ ‎ ) (20 November 1877 – 2 January 1962) was a Syrian statesman, minister, prime minister, speaker of Parliament, and godfather of modern Syrian politics; born in Hasbaya in today's modern Lebanon.  Faris Khoury went on to become prime minister of Syria from October 14, 1944, to October 1, 1945, and from October 1954 to February 13, 1955.  Faris Koury's position as prime minister is, as of 2017, the highest political position a Syrian Christian has ever reached.  Khoury's electoral popularity was due in part to his staunch secularist and nationalist policies.  As a die-hard Syrian nationalist, Khoury never compromised on his principles and was resolutely against pan-Arabism and the ill-fated union between Syria and Egypt.  Khoury opposed the short-lived union between Nasser's Egypt and republican Syria, the United Arab Republic.  Through it all Faris Khoury served his country for almost 50 years.  He was the grandfather of noted Syrian novelist Colette Khoury. Bushra al-Assad (Arabic: بشرى الأسد‎ ‎ ) (born 24 October 1960) 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 the widow of Assef Shawqat, the deputy chief of staff of the Syrian Armed Forces and former head of the Syrian Military Intelligence, who was killed by the rebels on 18 July 2012. Hassan al-Nouri (born 1960) was a candidate for the Syrian presidential election in June 2014.  He lost the election to Bashar Al Assad with 4.3% or 500,279 votes according to SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency).
Answer: 10 July 2000