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Michel Kassouha

Sanctioned entity

Michel Kassouha is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Michel Kassouha				[sources]
Other name	Ahmed SALEM · Ahmed Salem · Ahmed Salem HASSAN · Ahmed Salem Hassan · Kasouha · 2 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1948-02-01				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
First name	Ahmed · Michel · Michel · ميشيل				[sources]
Last name	HASSAN · KASOUHA · Kasouha · Kassouha · Kassouha · 2 more...				[sources]
Second name	Salem				[sources]
Position	General Intelligence Directorate Brigadier General				[sources]
Last change	2025-01-15	Last processed	2025-01-21	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Member of the Syrian security services since the early 1970s, he is involved in combating opposition in France and Germany. Since Mar 2006, has been responsible for public relations of Branch 273 of the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate. A longstanding member of the managerial staff, he is close to General Intelligence Directorate head Ali Mamlouk, one of the top security officials of the regime who has been subject to EU restrictive measures since 9.5.2011. He directly supports the Syrian regime’s repression of opponents and is responsible inter alia for repression of the Syrian opposition abroad.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Relationships

Linked to
Object	Role	Start date	End date
Ali Mamluk Politician · Sanctioned entity	related-to	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7), annex 7	2013-11-06	2024-06-25
Global Affairs Canada	Syria / Syrie	-	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Syria	2020-12-31	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2020-12-31	-

Data sources

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,457

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

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,789

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,704

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

Switzerland · SECO

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,321

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Source data IDs: eu-tb-logical-7088 · NK-YEHfHkZtJY7ndpC2R6YKfR · ca-sema-syria-2-153 · fr-ga-2120 · ca-sema-27140fcd85cad167cc03f10ab8fcd31d98d8c8d8 · mc-freezes-3332e1556cff48896a2256ea18e10a6cae4ae162 · ca-sema-2-153-sy-michel-kassouha · eu-fsf-eu-2892-46 · gb-hmt-12725 · ch-seco-12680 · gb-fcdo-syr0247

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