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Bishr Riyad Yazigi

Politician · Sanctioned entity

Bishr Riyad Yazigi is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Bishr Riyad YAZIGI · Bishr Riyad Yazigi · بشر اليازجي				[sources]
Birth date	1972-01-01 · 1972-11-13				[sources]
Place of birth	Aleppo				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Syria				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
First name	Bishr · Bishr Riyad				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	YAZIGI · Yazigi				[sources]
Second name	Riyad				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q60455275				[sources]
Position	Adviser to President Bashar al Assad · Advisor to the President Bashar al-Assad. Former Minister of Tourism. · Ancien ministre du tourisme · Conseiller du président Bashar al-Assad · Member of the People's Council of Syria · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Aleppo (-1995)				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr				[sources]
Last change	2024-10-14	Last processed	2024-10-29	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Advisor to President Bashar al-Assad. Former Minister of Tourism. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

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

Conseiller du président Bashar al-Assad. Ancien ministre du tourisme. En tant qu’ancien 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, 2024-05-30

Linked to Bashar Asad

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2024-05-09

Linked to Bashar Asad

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

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— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-10-15

Relationships

Linked to
Object	Role	Start date	End date
Bashar Al-Assad	related-to	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Tourism of Syria	-	-
Member of the People's Council of Syria	-	-
Minister of Tourism of Syria	-	-
Member of the People's Council of Syria	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Federal Public Service Finance	SYR	2024-05-28	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Syria	2020-12-31	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7), annex 7	2014-08-05	-
Direction Générale du Trésor	(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 ) · (UE) 2024/1517 du 27/05/2024 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · 1 more...	-	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	SYR	2024-05-28	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2020-12-31	-

Data sources

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,559

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

Monaco · Monaco

French National Asset Freezing System5,117

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 Targets6,277

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons248,649

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,449

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

Switzerland · SECO

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

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories425,625

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

Wikidata · non-official source

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,364

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

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,678

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

External databases

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Wikidata377,203

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: eu-fsf-eu-2759-26 · gb-fcdo-syr0032 · fr-ga-2679 · eu-tb-logical-7366 · ch-seco-28046 · mc-freezes-943dfe6a9c881e92d76f7a6a931a30f2a6bf5dd9 · gb-hmt-12994 · NK-foeDP6f5sSmTsV8cRkbcQk

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