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Faruq Al Shar'

Diplomat · Politican · Sanctioned entity

Faruq Al Shar' 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 CHAR' · Farouk AL SHAR' · Farouk AL SHARA · 42 more...				[sources]
Other name	Al Char' · Al Shara · Al Shara' · Farouk · Farouk AL SHAR · 37 more...				[sources]
Birth date	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]
First name	Farouk · Farouk · Farouq · Faruq · فاروق				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	AL SHARAA · AL SHAR’ · AL-SHARA · AL-SHARAA · Al Char' · 9 more...				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q713715				[sources]
Position	Former Vice President of Syria · Former Vice-President of Syria · Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (1984-2006) · Vice President of Syria (2006-2014) · Vice president · 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]
Created at	2011				[sources]
Modified on	2024-04-27				[sources]
Last changed	2024-05-09	Last checked	2024-05-18	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

impliqué dans les violences exercées contre la population civile

— French Freezing of Assets, 2023-04-20

Syrian politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Foreign Affairs & Expatriates	1984-03-01	2006-02-21
Vice President of Syria	2006-02-21	2014-07-19

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)	SDN List	-	-
Global Affairs Canada	Syria / Syrie	-	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Syria	2020	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) · UK	The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2020-12-31	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)	Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7), annex 7	2013-11-06	-
Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU	-	-	-
Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery	(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) 504/2011 du 23/05/2011 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 )	-	-
Federal Public Service Finance	SYR	2020-05-30	-
European External Action Service	SYR	2020-05-30	-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)	Autonomous (Syria)	2024-01-12	-
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	-

Data sources

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List29,146

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

United States · Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets5,924

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,321

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

Belgium · Federal Public Service Finance

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,080

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

Australia · Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons183,669

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Canadian Special Economic Measures Act Sanctions4,249

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

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,428

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)

EU Consolidated Travel Bans3,894

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)18,945

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 · Department of the Commerce - International Trade Administration

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,054

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · European External Action Service

French Freezing of Assets6,266

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 · Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,004

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

Switzerland · State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

Japan Economic sanctions and list of eligible people3,483

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

Japan · Ministry of Finance

External databases

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

Wikidata225,288

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 · NK-oQx6aDE8pSZiByHZYcYfNz · ofac-12736 · gb-hmt-11931 · ca-sema-2-2-sy-farouk-al-shaara · gb-fcdo-syr0042 · fr-ga-1770 · eu-fsf-eu-3087-54 · ca-sema-syria-2-2 · eu-tb-logical-6453 · ja-mof-fa967f21b7c966946696823196f1ada8c890a762 · ch-seco-11725 · au-dfat-2244-farouk-al-shara

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