WRONG, "Syrian President Bashar al-Assad" was the answer.
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Who is this suave goateed dude?
  1. President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo
  2. President Teodoro Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea
  3. President Jacob Zuma of South Africa
  4. President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan
  5. President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria