Pick one category for the following text. The options are - company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work. Hafez al-Assad - Hafez al-Assad (Arabic: Hafiz al-Asad Levantine pronunciation: [afez elasad]; 6 October 1930 10 June 2000) was a Syrian statesman politician and general who was President of Syria from 1971 to 2000 Prime Minister from 1970 to 1971 Regional secretary of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch and Secretary General of the National Command of the Ba'ath Party from 1971 to 2000.
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