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Ali Abdullah Ayyub

Military · Politician · Sanctioned entity

Ali Abdullah Ayyub is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	ALI ABDULLAH AYOUB · AYOUB, Ali Abdullah · Abdallah · Ali Abd Allah Ajjub · Ali Abd Allah Ayyub · 21 more...				[sources]
Other name	Abdallah · Ali Abdallah AYOB · Ali Abdallah AYOUB · Ali Abdallah AYUB · Ali Abdallah AYYOUB · 18 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1952-04-28				[sources]
Place of birth	Latakia · Latakia, Syria · Latakia, Syrian Arab Republic · Lattakia, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC · Lattakia, Syrian Arab Republic · 2 more...				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Syria				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
Citizenship	Syria				[sources]
Country of birth	Syria				[sources]
First name	ALI ABDULLAH · Ali · Ali Abdallah · Ali Abdullah · علي				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	AYOUB · AYYUB · Abdallah · Ayob · Ayoub · 5 more...				[sources]
Middle name	Abdallah · Abdullah · عبدالله				[sources]
Second name	Abdallah · Abdullah · عبدالله				[sources]
Title	General				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4724546				[sources]
Position	Ancien chef d'état-major général des forces armées syriennes · Chief of the General Staff (2012-2018) · Deputy Prime Minister · Deputy Prime Minister of Syria (2020-) · Former Vice President of the Council of Ministers and former Minister of Defence. Appointed in January 2018. Officer of the rank of General in the Syrian Army, in post after May 2011. Former Chief of General Staff of the Syrian Armed Forces. · 5 more...				[sources]
Education	Homs Military Academy · M.V. Frunze Military Academy				[sources]
Religion	Alawites				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2024-10-23	Last processed	2024-10-23	First seen	2022-04-27

Descriptions

Last known position: Deputy Prime Minister of Syria. Former Minister of Defence from 2018 to 2022. Former Chief of the General Staff of the Army and Armed Forces.

— Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, 2024-01-16

Former Vice President of the Council of Ministers and former Minister of Defence. Officer of the rank of General in the Syrian Army, in post after May 2011. Former Chief of General Staff of the Syrian Armed Forces. Person supporting the Syrian regime and responsible for repression of and violence against the civilian population in Syria.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2024-08-23

Ancien vice-président du Conseil des ministres et ancien ministre de la défense. Officier ayant le rang de général dans l'armée syrienne, en poste après mai 2011. Ancien chef d'état-major général des forces armées syriennes. Personne soutenant le régime syrien et responsable de la répression et des violences exercées contre la population civile en Syrie.

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2024-08-22

Deputy Prime Minister of Syria

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-04-21

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Deputy Prime Minister of Syria	2020-08-30	-
Deputy Prime Minister of Syria	2020-08-30	-
Minister of Defence of Syria	2018-01-01	2022-04-28
Minister of Defence of Syria	2018-01-01	2022-04-28

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	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	SYR	2024-05-28	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
Global Affairs Canada	Syria / Syrie	-	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Syria	2020-12-31	-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Autonomous (Syria)	2024-01-12	-
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 1151/2011 du 14/11/2011 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · (UE) 2016/1735 du 29/09/2016 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · (UE) 2018/282 du 26/02/2018 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · (UE) 2020/1505 du 16/10/2020 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · 2 more...	-	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2020-12-31	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	2020-03-17	-
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
Federal Public Service Finance	SYR	2024-05-28	-

Data sources

US SAM Procurement Exclusions120,096

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons248,651

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

Wikidata · non-official source

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,277

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,603

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

Belgium · FOD

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,449

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

Switzerland · SECO

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,801

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

French National Asset Freezing System5,117

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

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,018

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

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,678

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,410

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

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories425,625

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,256

The Consolidated List is a list of all persons and entities who are subject to targeted financial sanctions under Australian sanctions law

Australia · DFAT

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,559

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

Monaco · Monaco

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,364

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

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List32,908

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

External databases

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

Wikidata377,203

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

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ca-sema-syria-2-64 · fr-ga-1507 · usgsa-s4mrc6xfj · ca-sema-28bb4b19fc3ef26367b74f3fb6dd23fc75fe5315 · NK-MXtSbWx4HSbV2ypeVb5WDZ · ofac-28653 · eu-fsf-eu-3585-46 · ca-sema-2-64-sy-ali-abdullah-ayyub · ch-seco-11951 · gb-hmt-12211 · gb-fcdo-syr0008 · NK-brJxLZwnqUuXx8X4KTcMQg · eu-tb-logical-6623 · mc-freezes-f6a06910aa07c4a114be0ac039d9f8d0352835a3 · au-dfat-2304-ali-abdullah-ayyub

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