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Abdul Qadeer Khan

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Abdul Qadeer Khan is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	A. Q. Khan · ABDUL QADEER KHAN · Abdul Kadir Khan · Abdul Kádir Chán · Abdul Qadeer KHAN · 17 more...				[sources]
Other name	A. Kahn · A.Q. Khan · ABDUL QADEER KHAN · AQ Khan · Abdel Qader Khan · 22 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	A.Q.Khan · AQK · عبدالقدیر · アブドゥル・カーン · アブドル・カディル・カーン				[sources]
Birth date	1936-04-01 · 1936-04-27				[sources]
Place of birth	Bhopal · Bhopal, India				[sources]
Death date	2021-10-10				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Pakistan				[sources]
Country	Pakistan				[sources]
Citizenship	India · Pakistan				[sources]
Description	Former nuclear physicist and key person in the development of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program; An unnamed analyst suggested in 2012 that the DPRK could have gained access to Iranian nuclear warhead designs through Abdul Qadeer Khan.				[sources]
First name	ABDUL QADEER · Abdul Qadeer · HAYDER · Hayder				[sources]
Last name	KHAN · Khan · ZAMAN				[sources]
Passport number	`D000428`				[sources]
Website	web.archive.org				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q310773				[sources]
Education	Delft University of Technology · Katholieke Universiteit Leuven · University of Karachi · Université catholique de Louvain				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Status	Deceased				[sources]
Source link	sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-01-25	Last processed	2025-01-25	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

A person of public interest, who died in 2021 (Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02997-3).

— DPRK Reports non-official source, 2023-08-08

Pakistani nuclear engineer (1936–2021)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-06-24

Pakistani nuclear engineer (1936–2021)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-06-24

Relationships

Identifications
Document number	Country	Type	Start date	End date
`D000428`	Pakistan	Passport	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-

Data sources

US SAM Procurement Exclusions113,546

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

United States · GSA

DPRK Reports5,518

A database of entities and events related to North Korea's sanctions evasion efforts.

United Kingdom · RUSI · 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

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)21,833

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

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Wikidata385,691

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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