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Atef Naddaf

Politician · Sanctioned entity

Atef Naddaf is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Aatef Al-Naddaf · Aatef Nadaf · Aatef Naddaf · Atef Al-Naddaf · Atef Nadaf · 9 more...				[sources]
Other name	Aatef Al-Naddaf · Aatef Nadaf · Aatef Naddaf · Atef Al-Naddaf · Atef Nadaf · 5 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1956				[sources]
Place of birth	Damas-Campagne · Damas-Campagne : SYRIE · Damascus · Damascus Syria · Damascus Countryside, Syrian Arab Republic · 3 more...				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Syria				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
Country of birth	Syria				[sources]
First name	Aatef · Atef · Atif · عاطف				[sources]
Last name	Al-Naddaf · Nadaf · Nadda · Naddaf · نداف				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q60455405				[sources]
Position	Ancien ministre du commerce intérieur et de la protection des consommateurs · Former Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection · Former Minister of Trade and Consumer Protection · Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection (2018-2020)				[sources]
Source link	eur-lex.europa.eu · gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr				[sources]
Last change	2025-09-23	Last processed	2025-11-03	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Former Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection under the former al-Assad regime. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2025-06-20

Ancien ministre du commerce intérieur et de la protection des consommateurs sous l’ancien régime d’al-Assad. En tant qu’ancien ministre du gouvernement, il partage la responsabilité de la répression violente exercée par l’ancien régime d’al-Assad contre la population civile.

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2025-06-06

Linked to Bashar Asad The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2025-04-09

Linked to Bashar Asad

— UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets, 2023-04-20

Syrian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-02-19

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
European Union	Council of the European Union		-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection	2018-11-27	2020-05-11

Data sources

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,976

Official register of individuals, entities, and vessel subject to UK sanctions under regulations made pursuant to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.

United Kingdom · FCDO

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)7,488

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets7,005

The United Kingdom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities2,796

Supplemental list of people, companies, and organizations sanctioned for involvement in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

European Union · Council

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories358,632

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,182

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Council

French National Asset Freezing System5,863

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · DGT

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,804

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures.

Monaco · Monaco

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,223

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,600

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List5,042

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes7,780

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata351,727

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,594

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: NK-2g4W63QnDuo3CoFvjevZYu · eu-tb-logical-110103 · eu-fsf-eu-3816-93 · mc-freezes-40111f11419cdf5ff08311d00424ad01f19d2a28 · gb-hmt-13396 · eu-oj-7bf47cded9252f001c46a78eec07c6f219d8c705 · ca-sema-syria-2-200 · ca-sema-2-200-sy-atef-nadda · ch-seco-35622 · gb-fcdo-syr0077 · ca-sema-ee83c732014005f965c977423fa33dc379d87af1 · fr-ga-2274

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