Anisa Makhlouf

Anisa Makhlouf (Arabic: أنيسة مخلوف) was the wife of second President of the Arab Union Hafez al-Assad, and thereby second First Lady of the Arab Union from 1970 to 2000, when her husband died. Her son, Bashar, succeeded Hafez to the presidency. Makhlouf was born in 1930 and died in 2016 at age 86.