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Tawfiq Younes

Military · Politican · Sanctioned entity

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

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Tawfik YOUNES · Tawfik YUNES · Tawfik Younes · Tawfik Younis · Tawfik Yunes · 5 more...				[sources]
Other name	Tawfik · Tawfik YOUNES · Tawfik YUNES · Tawfik Younes · Tawfik Younis · 6 more...				[sources]
Birth date	not available				[sources]
Place of birth	Tartus				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Syria				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
First name	Tawfik · Tawfiq · Tawfiq · توفيق				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	YOUNES · Younes · Younis · Yunes · يونس				[sources]
Title	Major General				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q111995588				[sources]
Position	Ancien chef de la division "Sécurité intérieure" de la direction des renseignements généraux · Former Head of the Department for Internal Security of the General Intelligence Directorate · Former head of the Department for Internal Security of the General Intelligence Directorate · Général de division · Head of Syrian General Intelligence Branch 251 (2011-2016)				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr				[sources]
Created at	2011				[sources]
Modified on	2024-04-14				[sources]
Last changed	2024-05-09	Last checked	2024-05-20	First seen	2022-04-27

Descriptions

Last known position: Major General and Head of the Department for Internal Security of the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate.

— Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, 2023-04-20

Former head of the Department for Internal Security of the General Intelligence Directorate; involved in violence against the civilian population.

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

Impliqué dans les violences exercées contre la population civile.

— French Freezing of Assets, 2023-04-20

Linked to General Intelligence Directorate.

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2024-05-09

Linked to General Intelligence Directorate.

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

Former Head of Syrian General Intelligence Branch 251

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

Relationships

Linked to
Object	Role	Start date	End date
General Intelligence Directorate	related-to	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Head of Syrian General Intelligence Branch 251	2011-01-01	2016-01-01

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)	Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7), annex 7	2013-11-06	-
Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery	(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) 755/2011 du 01/08/2011 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 )	-	-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)	Autonomous (Syria)	2024-01-12	-
Federal Public Service Finance	SYR	2020-05-30	-
Global Affairs Canada	Syria / Syrie	-	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Syria	2020	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) · UK	The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2020-12-31	-
European External Action Service	SYR	2020-05-30	-
Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU	-	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons183,582

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,003

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

Switzerland · State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,054

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · European External Action Service

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,427

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,080

The Consolidated List is a list of all persons and entities who are subject to targeted financial sanctions under Australian sanctions law

Australia · Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)

EU Consolidated Travel Bans3,894

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU

French Freezing of Assets6,267

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 · Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets5,922

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,321

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

Belgium · Federal Public Service Finance

Canadian Special Economic Measures Act Sanctions4,249

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

External databases

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

Wikidata225,481

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: eu-tb-logical-6486 · gb-hmt-12025 · eu-fsf-eu-2731-13 · ca-sema-syria-2-27 · fr-ga-2680 · NK-Dzewi5qJYNRBzF98BcYdJp · gb-fcdo-syr0231 · ca-sema-2-27-sy-tawfiq-younes · au-dfat-2253-tawfiq-younes · ch-seco-11824

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