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Fayssal Abbas

Politician · Sanctioned entity

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

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Faysal Abbas · Fayssal Abbas · فيصل عباس				[sources]
Other name	Faysal · Faysal Abbas · فيصل عباس				[sources]
Birth date	1955-01-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Hama Governorate · Hama Province · Hama Province Syria · Hama Province, Syrian Arab Republic				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Syria				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
Citizenship	Syria				[sources]
Country of birth	Syria				[sources]
First name	Faysal · Fayssal · Fayssal · فيصل				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	Abbas · عباس				[sources]
Title	Dr.				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5439107				[sources]
Position	Former Minister for Transport. · Minister of Transport (2011-2012)				[sources]
Education	Damascus University · Ohio State University				[sources]
Last change	2025-01-25	Last processed	2025-02-21	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Former Minister of Transport. Associated with the Syrian regime and its violent repression of the civilian population.

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

Minister of Transport for Syria

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Transport	2011-04-14	2012-06-23
Minister of Transport	2011-04-14	2012-06-23

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Global Affairs Canada	Syria / Syrie	-	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2020-12-31	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7), annex 7	2013-11-06	2023-06-09
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Syria	2020-12-31	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons248,602

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

Wikidata · non-official source

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,793

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,465

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

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,322

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,717

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

Switzerland · SECO

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories435,697

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

Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata388,145

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: gb-fcdo-syr0045 · eu-tb-logical-6919 · eu-fsf-eu-2704-2 · ch-seco-12221 · NK-F26dEkSRpezdb73zy6cKu8 · fr-ga-1175 · ca-sema-2-118-sy-fayssal-abbas · ca-sema-syria-2-118 · ca-sema-a41631a5d0d62f0e49c2b33c7735cd7f861964ad · gb-hmt-12510 · NK-8yV4pwBaWyYdZ2EaW36Prt · mc-freezes-8194a80e3e57e8c07d5dd29d81a4ccd762719411

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