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Bassam Ibrahim

Disqualified · PEP · Sanctioned entity

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

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Basam İbrahim · Bassam Bashir Ibrahim · Bassam Ibrahim · Bassam Ibraim · בסאם איברהים · 2 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1960				[sources]
Place of birth	Hama · Hama : SYRIE · Hama, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC · Hama, Syria; · Hama, Syrian Arab Republic · 1 more...				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Syria				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
Citizenship	Syria				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
Country of birth	Syria				[sources]
First name	Bashir · Bassam · Bassam Bashir				[sources]
Last name	Ibrahim				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q98798423				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Minister of Higher Education (Syria) (2018-2024) · Minister of Higher Education. Appointed in November 2018. · Ministre de l’enseignement supérieur sous l’ancien régime d’al-Assad. Nommé en novembre 2018				[sources]
Education	Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (-1991) · University of Aleppo (-1984)				[sources]
Source link	eur-lex.europa.eu · eur-lex.europa.eu · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-13	Last processed	2026-04-14	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

(Designation details: Date of listing: 4.3.2019)

— Belgian Financial Sanctions, 2025-12-01

Minister of Higher Education under the former al-Assad regime. Appointed in November 2018. As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2025-06-20

En tant que ministre du gouvernement, il partage la responsabilité de la répression violente exercée par l’ancien régime d’al-Assad contre la population civile.

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2025-06-06

Disqualified

— UK Companies House Disqualified Directors, 2025-04-10

Relatives/business associates or partners/links to listed individuals: Bashar Asad The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2025-04-09

Relatives/business associates or partners/links to listed individuals: Bashar Asad

— 2023-04-20

Syrian politician

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

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
European Union	Council of the European Union		-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Higher Education	2018-11-26	2024-09-23

Data sources

Belgian Financial Sanctions5,938

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

Belgium · FOD

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

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities3,129

Supplemental list of people, companies, and organizations sanctioned for involvement in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

European Union · Council

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,912

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

Monaco · Monaco

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories342,715

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

UK Companies House Disqualified Directors16,128

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 List6,670

Official register of individuals, entities, and vessel subject to UK sanctions under regulations made pursuant to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.

United Kingdom · FCDO

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,191

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)7,607

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

French National Asset Freezing System5,951

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

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,501

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

Switzerland · SECO

External databases

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

Wikidata330,507

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions502,929

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-seco-40340 · be-fod-5eec04c3fff49d08ae61b496a5e0423aba39fe22 · gb-hmt-13774 · fr-ga-2096 · us-cia-syria-bassam-bashir-ibrahim-minister-of-higher-education-scientific-research · eu-oj-d835b9d5aa8654028bae46ff01dfb249b7c499bb · gb-fcdo-syr0246 · gb-coh-it1avwnkewn3caqzgrt4ceaptqw · mc-freezes-dba34576103b7deff3f129e72b8e4127004c373c · eu-tb-logical-119557 · eu-fsf-eu-5044-92

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