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Ali Al-Zafir

Politician · Sanctioned entity

Ali Al-Zafir is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	AL-ZAFIR, Ali · ALI AL-DAFEER · Ali AL-ZAFIR · Ali Al Zafir · Ali Al-Dafeer · 4 more...				[sources]
Other name	ALI AL-ZAFIR · Ali Al Zafir · Ali Al-Dafeer				[sources]
Birth date	1962-01-01 · 1962-05-15				[sources]
Place of birth	Tartous · Tartous : SYRIE · Tartous, Syria · Tartus · Tartus, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC · 1 more...				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Syria				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
Country of birth	Syria				[sources]
First name	ALI · Ali				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	AL-DAFEER · AL-ZAFIR · Al Zafir · Al-Dafeer · Al-Zafir				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q60565208				[sources]
Position	Former Minister of Communications and Technology · Former Minister of Communications and Technology. · Minister of Communications and Information Technology (2016-2018) · Minister of Communications and Technology; Minister of Telecommunications and Technology · ancien ministre des communications et de la technologie				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-01-30	Last processed	2025-02-21	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Former Minister of Communications and Technology. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

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

en tant qu'ancien 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, 2023-04-20

Linked to Bashar Asad

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2024-05-09

Linked to Bashar Asad

— UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets, 2023-04-20

Syrian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-01-07

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Communications and Information Technology	2016-07-03	2018-11-26
Minister of Communications and Information Technology	2016-07-03	2018-11-26

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	2016-12-23	-
Federal Public Service Finance	SYR	2024-05-28	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
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	2016-12-09	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Syria	2020-12-31	-
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2016/1984 du 14/11/2016 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · (UE) 2017/907 du 29/05/2017 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · (UE) 2019/350 du 04/03/2019 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · (UE) 2019/798 du 17/05/2019 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · 2 more...	-	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	SYR	2024-05-28	-
Global Affairs Canada	Syria / Syrie	-	-

Data sources

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

US SAM Procurement Exclusions118,166

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

United States · GSA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons248,602

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

Wikidata · non-official source

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List34,303

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

United States · OFAC

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,322

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

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

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)21,845

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

United States · ITA

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,601

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

Belgium · FOD

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,793

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

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

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,554

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

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,242

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

Monaco · Monaco

French National Asset Freezing System5,264

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

External databases

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

Wikidata388,145

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: ch-seco-35639 · NK-hH5e2ZT8tpWiQ5pnkhYCUq · usgsa-s4mr5cztz · ca-sema-d740165760bf86997e99c2d6f6840ff5ebe62cb2 · gb-fcdo-syr0010 · eu-tb-logical-110111 · fr-ga-1434 · ofac-20965 · eu-fsf-eu-3823-5 · gb-hmt-13398 · mc-freezes-870a40e7068fae4f43b9c7e67a873130f1dbd2b1 · NK-CPhNPScUD55AMzkn6AqjAT · ca-sema-syria-2-202 · ca-sema-2-202-sy-ali-al-zafir

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