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Muhammad Said Bukhaytan

Military · Politician · Sanctioned entity

Muhammad Said Bukhaytan is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Mohammad Sa'eed Bukhaytan · Mohammad Sa'id Bukhaytan · Mohammad Saeed Bukhaytan · Mohammad Said Bukhaytan · Mohammed Sa'eed Bukhaytan · 10 more...				[sources]
Other name	Mohammad · Mohammad Sa'eed Bukhaytan · Mohammad Sa'id Bukhaytan · Mohammad Saeed Bukhaytan · Mohammad Said Bukhaytan · 15 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1945				[sources]
Place of birth	Deir ez-Zor				[sources]
Death date	2022-03-11				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Syria				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
Citizenship	Syria				[sources]
First name	Mohammad · Mohammed · Muhammad · Muhammad Said · Said · 1 more...				[sources]
Last name	BEKHEITAN · Bekheitan · Bukhaytan · بخيتان				[sources]
Second name	Sa'eed · Sa'id · Saeed · Said · سعيد				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4120447				[sources]
Position	Assistant Regional Secretary of Baath Arab Socialist Party · Head of the National Security Bureau (2000-2005)				[sources]
Education	Damascus University · الكلية الحربية السورية				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Last change	2024-11-19	Last processed	2024-12-17	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Assistant Regional Secretary of the Ba’ath Arab Socialist Party since 2005; from 2000 to 2005 Director for the national security of the regional Ba’ath party. Former Governor of Hama (1998-2000). Close associate of President Bashar al-Assad and Maher al-Assad. Senior decision-maker in the regime on repression of civilian population.

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

Syrian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Linked to
Object	Role	Start date	End date
Bashar Al-Assad Politician · Sanctioned entity	related-to	-	-
Maher Al-Assad 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	2022-09-28
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2020-12-31	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Syria	2020-12-31	-
Global Affairs Canada	Syria / Syrie	-	-

Data sources

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,428

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/Embargoes8,433

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 Targets6,295

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,765

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

External databases

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Wikidata382,816

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: au-dfat-2289-muhammad-said-bukhaytan · ca-sema-2-39-sy-muhammad-said-bukhaytan · ca-sema-syria-2-39 · ch-seco-11878 · NK-3gEPRTtYeejMrwYGcU75pm · gb-fcdo-syr0179 · ca-sema-776a79e25780d2e394d84eb7500d228e87c4001b · mc-freezes-61014607e67e592e725174a7003d366eefdb9657 · gb-hmt-12045 · NK-X6LroKDoFnAazMnhzYBFa7

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