Beirut- President Bashar Al-Assad on Monday was announced as Personality of the Year 2013 according to a three-week poll carried out by “Al-Mayadeen” Channel on its website. The poll included 16 Arab and foreign personalities.
According to “Al-Mayadeen”, President Al-Assad got 193404 votes, that is; 36.97% of the total number of voters who exceeded half a million.
According to the channel, Sultan Qaboos bin Saeed of Oman came second in the poll’s results, while Nouri al-Maleki, the Iraqi Prime Minister came third.
H. Mustafa