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Faisal Mekdad

Diplomat · Politician · Sanctioned entity

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

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Faisal AL-MEKDAD · Faisal AL-MEQDAD · Faisal AL-MIQDAD · Faisal Al-Mekdad · Faisal Al-Meqdad · 31 more...				[sources]
Other name	Al-Mikdad · Faisal Al-Mekdad · Faisal Al-Meqdad · Faisal Mekdad · Faisal Meqdad · 29 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1954-02-05				[sources]
Place of birth	Daraa · Daraa Syria · Daraa Governorate, Ghasm, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC · Ghasm · Ghasm, Syrian Arab Republic · 2 more...				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Syria				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
Citizenship	Syria				[sources]
Country of birth	Syria				[sources]
First name	Faisal · Faycal · Fayssal · Fayçal · فيصل				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	AL-MIQDAD · Al-Mekdad · Al-Meqdad · MEKDAD · Mekdad · 5 more...				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5431067				[sources]
Position	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Syria (2006-2020) · Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates · Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (2020-2024) · Minister of Foreign Affairs. Appointed in November 2020. · Ministre des affaires étrangères · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	Charles University (-1992) · Damascus University (-1978)				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr				[sources]
Last change	2024-10-14	Last processed	2024-10-14	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Minister of Foreign Affairs. Appointed in Nov 2020. As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression against the civilian population.

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

Nommé en novembre 2020. En tant que ministre du gouvernement, il partage la responsabilité de la répression violente exercée par le régime syrien contre la population civile

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

Syrian minister of foreign affairs and expatriates

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Syria	2006-08-01	2020-11-22
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Syria	2006-08-01	2020-11-22
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates	2020-11-22	2024-09-23
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates	2020-11-22	2024-09-23

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2021-03-15	-
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2021/29 du 15/01/2021 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 )	-	-
Federal Public Service Finance	SYR	2021-01-15	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7), annex 7	2021-02-03	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	SYR	2021-01-15	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Syria	2021-03-15	-
National Security and Defense Council	163/2023	2023-03-18	2033-03-18

Data sources

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,954

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

Monaco · Monaco

French National Asset Freezing System5,106

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

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

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions17,636

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · NSDC

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories414,646

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

Wikidata · non-official source

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,351

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

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,212

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

Switzerland · SECO

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,116

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,570

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,023

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

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons246,671

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

Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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

Wikidata363,278

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: gb-fcdo-syr0376 · fr-ga-3301 · eu-fsf-eu-6091-25 · NK-4kwGs23qH5a78SiebHgLH4 · ua-nazk-person-26055 · gb-hmt-14069 · unprot-73e81375d709683711e64942b1ab2b5aa41f6a5e · eu-tb-logical-127166 · mc-freezes-011efb7fb451ae8426d9e312a01db6606b01590d · ua-nsdc-21963-fejsal-al-mikdad · NK-HwziNYXdnUYwVWPhpFvMGB · ch-seco-44361 · unprot-4e1acb12c99562f46114318c3f8b5385c4f8816d

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