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Farouk al-Sharaa

Diplomat · Politician · Sanctioned entity

Farouk al-Sharaa is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	AL-SHARA, Farouk · Al Shar’ Farouk · FAROUK AL SHARAA · FAROUK AL-SHARA · FAROUK AL-SHARAA · 42 more...				[sources]
Other name	Al Char' · Al Shara · Al Shara' · FAROUK AL SHARAA · FAROUK AL-SHARA · 46 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1938-01-01 · 1938-12-10				[sources]
Place of birth	Dar'a, Syria · Daraa · Daraa Governorate · Daraa Governorate Syria · Dara’a, Syria · 1 more...				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Syria				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
Citizenship	Syria				[sources]
Country of birth	Syria				[sources]
First name	FAROUK · FAROUQ · Farouk · Farouq · Faruq · 1 more...				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	AL SHARAA · AL SHAR’ · AL-SHARA · AL-SHARAA · Al Char' · 10 more...				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q713715				[sources]
Position	Ancien vice-président de la Syrie · Former Vice President of Syria · Former Vice-President of Syria · Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (1984-2006) · Vice President of Syria (2006-2014) · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	Damascus University · University of London				[sources]
Religion	Sunni Islam				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2024-10-28	Last processed	2024-10-28	First seen	2022-04-27

Descriptions

Former Vice President of Syria from 2006 to 2014. Former member of Syrian Ba’ath Party High Command from 2000 to 2013.

— Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, 2024-01-16

Former Vice-President of Syria; involved in violence against the civilian population.

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

Ancien vice-président de la Syrie; impliqué dans les violences exercées contre la population civile.

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2024-05-30

Syrian politician and diplomat (born 1938)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-10-28

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates	1984-03-01	2006-02-21
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates	1984-03-01	2006-02-21

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Syria	2020-12-31	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	SYR	2024-05-28	-
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2015/828 du 28/05/2015 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · (UE) 2020/716 du 28/05/2020 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · (UE) 2024/1517 du 27/05/2024 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · (UE) 504/2011 du 23/05/2011 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 )	-	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2020-12-31	-
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Autonomous (Syria)	2024-01-12	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7), annex 7	2013-11-06	-
Ministry of Finance	シリアのアル・アサド大統領及びその関係者等（個人）	2011-09-09	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
Federal Public Service Finance	SYR	2024-05-28	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-

Data sources

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 SAM Procurement Exclusions119,130

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

United States · GSA

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,678

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

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

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons248,699

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories426,695

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

Wikidata · non-official source

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

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,559

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

Monaco · Monaco

Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People3,598

Sanctions imposed by Japan under its Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law.

Japan · MoF

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,985

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

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

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

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

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,277

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List33,150

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:

Wikidata377,301

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: NK-heKr6cyzYKaSP85yPVpDUX · ch-seco-11725 · usgsa-s4mr3rfzb · eu-tb-logical-6453 · NK-oQx6aDE8pSZiByHZYcYfNz · ca-sema-syria-2-2 · eu-fsf-eu-3087-54 · usgsa-s4mr3rfz9 · usgsa-s4mr3rfzc · ja-mof-fa967f21b7c966946696823196f1ada8c890a762 · au-dfat-2244-farouk-al-shara · fr-ga-1770 · usgsa-s4mr3rfz7 · mc-freezes-8ca00c39dd31f2d09b49b4a5a5b3fdc3ebd3ed9f · usgsa-s4mr3rfz8 · ofac-12736 · gb-fcdo-syr0042 · gb-hmt-11931 · ca-sema-2-2-sy-farouk-al-shaara

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