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Yahya Jammeh

Military · Political · Sanctioned entity

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

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Abdul Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh Yahya · JAMMEH, Yahya · Yahya Jammeh · Yəhya Cammeh · Γιαγιά Τζαμέ · 14 more...				[sources]
Other name	Alhaji Dr. Abdul-Azziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh · Babili Mansa · Jammeh · Yahya A. J. J. Jammeh · Yahya AJJ Jammeh Babili Mansa · 15 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1965-05-25				[sources]
Place of birth	Kanilai · Kanilai, The Gambia				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Gambia				[sources]
Country	Gambia · Equatorial Guinea				[sources]
First name	Abdul · Alhaji Dr. Abdul-Azziz · Yahya · Yahya AJJ				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	Jammeh · Jammeh Babili Mansa · Yahya				[sources]
Middle name	Jammeh · Jemus · Junkung				[sources]
Second name	Aziz				[sources]
Website	www.statehouse.gm				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q57356				[sources]
Position	President of the Gambia (1996-2017)				[sources]
Education	Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation				[sources]
Religion	Sunni Islam				[sources]
Source link	sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Created at	2020				[sources]
Modified on	2024-04-03				[sources]
Last changed	2024-04-09	Last checked	2024-04-19	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Ex-Army Lieutenant

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

2nd President of the Gambia

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

Relationships

Assets and shares
Asset	Percentage held	Start date	End date
Kanilai Worni Family Farms Ltd	-	-	-
Africada Financial Services and Bureau de Change Ltd	-	-	-
Africada Airways	-	-	-
Royal Africa Capital Holding Ltd	-	-	-
Kanilai Group International	-	-	-
Kora Media Corporation Ltd	-	-	-
Royal Africa Securities Brokerage Co Ltd	-	-	-
Africada Micro-Finance Ltd	-	-	-
Atlantic Pelican Company Ltd	-	-	-
Palm Grove Africa Dev't Corp. Ltd	-	-	-
Patriot Insurance Brokers Co. Ltd	-	-	-
Africada Insurance Company	-	-	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Asombi Bojang	mother	-	-
Zineb Jammeh	spouse	-	-
Tuti Faal	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
President of the Gambia	1996-09-29	2017-01-19

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Global Human Rights	2020	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)	SDN List	-	-
US State Department	Actions Taken Pursuant to Section 7031(c) for Involvement in Significant Corruption	-	-

Data sources

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets5,891

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)18,607

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · Department of the Commerce - International Trade Administration

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List28,406

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

US Anti-Kleptocracy and Human Rights Visa Restrictions528

US Visa restrictions on officials of foreign governments and family members credibly implicated in corruption or human rights violations

United States · US State Department

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons183,401

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

Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata224,935

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: gb-hmt-14010 · NK-9ofgAXSNh4CAZZu29GVugt · us-klepto-hr-visa-the-gambia-yahya-jammeh · ofac-23304

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