The longest first lady of Syria is Anisa Makhlouf (29 years), followed by the second-longest first lady Asma al-Assad, (21 years), who is the wife of Bashar Hafez al-Assad (the 19th president of Syria since July 17, 2000, and the son of Hafez al-Assad, the 18th president of Syria, serving from 1971 to 2000.).
Anisa (or Aniseh) Makhlouf (Arabic:  ; 1930  6 February 2016) was the Syrian matriarch of the Al-Assad family, which has ruled the country since 1971. The wife of the late President Hafez al-Assad, Makhlouf held the position of First Lady of Syria from 1971 until 2000. Asma Fawaz al-Assad (Arabic:  , romanized: Asma al-Asad, Levantine pronunciation: [asma elasad; nee Akhras, Arabic:   , romanized: Asma Fawwaz al-Akras: [asma fawwaz elax.ras; born 11 August 1975) is the First Lady of Syria. Asma moved to Syria in November 2000 and married Bashar in December of that year. Hafez al-Assad (Arabic:   Hafiz al-Asad, Levantine Arabic: [afez elasad, Modern Standard Arabic: [af al'asad; 6 October 1930  10 June 2000) was a Syrian politician who served as the President of Syria from 1971 to 2000. Bashar al-Assad Bashar Hafez al-Assad (Arabic:   , Bassar Hafiz al-Asad, Levantine pronunciation: [baar afez elasad; English pronunciation (help); born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician who has been the 19th president of Syria since 17 July 2000. British
Syrian Bashar al-Assad 
(m. 2000) 
