glp_person: Assef Shawkat
person_firstname: Assef
person_lastname: Shawkat
person_birthplace: Tartus, Syria
person_occupation_all: Full-time politician (paid by party organisation, parliament, government; think tanks; living of politics)
person_party_aff_longterm_aff: Baath Party
person_office_position_1: Leader, Military Intelligence & Secret Police
person_office_minposarea_lo_1: N/A
person_office_position_2: Vice chief of Staff of the Syrian Army