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Bishr Al-Sabban

Politician · Sanctioned entity

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

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Bishr AL-SABBAN · Bishr Al Sabban · Bishr Al-Sabban · Bishr Mazin Al-Sabban · Bishr al-Sabban · 2 more...				[sources]
Other name	Bishr · Bishr Mazin Al-Sabban · Bishr Mazin al-Sabban · Mazin · Mohammed · 3 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1966-03-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Damas · Damas : SYRIE · Damascus · Damascus Syria · Damascus, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC · 1 more...				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Syria				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
Country of birth	Syria				[sources]
First name	Bishr · Bishr Mazin · Mohammed · Mohammed Bishr				[sources]
Last name	AL-SABBAN · Al-Sabban · al-Sabban				[sources]
Middle name	Mazin				[sources]
Second name	Bishr · Mazin				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q12198429				[sources]
Position	Former Governor of Damascus · Former Governor of Damascus. · ancien gouverneur de Damas, nommé par Bashar al-Assad et lié à celui-ci				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr				[sources]
Last change	2024-12-11	Last processed	2024-12-17	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Former Governor of Damascus, who was appointed by, and is associated with, President Bashar al-Assad. Supports the Syrian regime and is responsible for the violent repression of the civilian population in Syria, including engaging in discriminatory practices against Sunni communities within the capital.

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

soutient le régime syrien et est responsable de la répression violente exercée contre la population civile en Syrie, notamment sous la forme de pratiques discriminatoires à l'encontre des communautés sunnites dans la capitale

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2023-04-20

Links to Bashar Asad

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2024-05-09

Links to Bashar Asad

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

politician

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

Relationships

Linked to
Object	Role	Start date	End date
Bashar Al-Assad Politician · Sanctioned entity	related-to	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2020-12-31	-
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2016/1893 du 27/10/2016 (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 ) · (UE) 2020/716 du 28/05/2020 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · 1 more...	-	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7), annex 7	2016-11-08	-
Federal Public Service Finance	SYR	2024-05-28	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	SYR	2024-05-28	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Syria	2020-12-31	-
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
Global Affairs Canada	Syria / Syrie	-	-

Data sources

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,541

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

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,428

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 List4,765

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,433

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

Switzerland · SECO

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,230

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

Monaco · Monaco

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,602

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

Belgium · FOD

French National Asset Freezing System5,253

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 Targets6,295

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,171

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

External databases

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

Wikidata382,700

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-35212 · NK-JErTFYzRWFwrAzfLsCABDS · gb-fcdo-syr0031 · eu-fsf-eu-3545-42 · ca-sema-98913c7b0ff50f3f6119fe2146f4436884dfcf0b · gb-hmt-13386 · mc-freezes-a040b49b6cd5ce30df13f977662eee2723bfab13 · ca-sema-syria-2-196 · NK-QzeuVpRYEb4yr7feNj52eH · eu-tb-logical-109896 · ca-sema-2-196-sy-bishr-al-sabban · fr-ga-1254

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