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Faisal Mekdad

Disqualified · Diplomat · Politician · Sanctioned entity
TypePerson[sources]
NameFaisal AL-MEKDAD · Faisal AL-MEQDAD · Faisal AL-MIQDAD · Faisal Al-Mekdad · Faisal Al-Meqdad · 31 more...[sources]
Other nameFaisal Al-Mekdad · Faisal Al-Meqdad · Faisal Mekdad · Faisal Meqdad · Faisal Mikdad · 28 more...[sources]
Weak aliasAl-Mikdad[sources]
Birth date[sources]
Place of birthDaraa · Daraa Syria · Daraa Governorate, Ghasm, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC · Ghasm · Ghasm, Syrian Arab Republic · 2 more...[sources]
Gendermale[sources]
NationalitySyria[sources]
CountrySyria[sources]
CitizenshipSyria[sources]
Country of birthSyria[sources]
First nameFaisal · Faycal · Fayssal · Fayçal · فيصل[sources]
KeywordsNational government[sources]
Last nameAL-MIQDAD · Al-Mekdad · Al-Meqdad · MEKDAD · Mekdad · 5 more...[sources]
Wikidata IDQ5431067[sources]
PositionDeputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Syria (2006-2020) · Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates · Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (2020-2024) · Minister of Foreign Affairs. Appointed in November 2020. · Ministre des affaires étrangères · 3 more...[sources]
EducationCharles University (-1992) · Damascus University (-1978)[sources]
ReligionIslam[sources]
AddressNot Available, Not Available, Not Available, Not Available, NOT AVAILABLE[sources]
Source linkfind-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr[sources]
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Descriptions

Minister of Foreign Affairs. Appointed in Nov 2020. As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression against the civilian population.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

Nommé en novembre 2020. En tant que ministre du gouvernement, il partage la responsabilité de la répression violente exercée par le régime syrien contre la population civile

French National Asset Freezing System,

Born on 5 February 1954 - Disqualified

UK Companies House Disqualified Directors,

The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

UK FCDO Sanctions List,

Former Syrian Vice President

Wikidata non-official source,

Relationships

Data sources

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,345

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

Monaco · Monaco

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions18,242

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · NSDC

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes7,029

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

Switzerland · SECO

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,606

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

Belgium · FOD

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories448,156

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

Wikidata · non-official source

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,693

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 Targets6,413

The United Kingdom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

French National Asset Freezing System5,399

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

UK Companies House Disqualified Directors15,656

Individuals which have been disqualified from holding the post of a company director in the United Kingdom following a court decision.

United Kingdom · CoH

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,930

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons262,398

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

Wikidata · non-official source

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,170

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

External databases

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

Wikidata415,787

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: fr-ga-3301 · ua-nsdc-21963-fejsal-al-mikdad · gb-fcdo-syr0376 · NK-HwziNYXdnUYwVWPhpFvMGB · eu-fsf-eu-6091-25 · eu-tb-logical-127166 · gb-hmt-14069 · NK-4kwGs23qH5a78SiebHgLH4 · mc-freezes-011efb7fb451ae8426d9e312a01db6606b01590d · unprot-73e81375d709683711e64942b1ab2b5aa41f6a5e · unprot-4e1acb12c99562f46114318c3f8b5385c4f8816d · gb-coh-qpojsfdjyeifqyvw5syzr0d6kyy · ch-seco-44361

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