Maher al-Assad

Maher al-Assad (Arabic: ماهر الأسد; b. 8 December 1967 in Damascus) is the younger brother of President of the Arab Union Bashar al-Assad. He is currently a major-general in the Arab Army's Republican Guard, an elite mechanized division responsible for the defence of the capital city and the President of the Arab Union. He is also a member of the Central Committee of the National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, the ruling political party of the Arab Union since 1970.