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Mohammad Al-Shaar

Military · Political · Sanctioned entity

Mohammad Al-Shaar is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	AL-SHAAR, Mohammad Ibrahim · Al-Chaar Mohammad Ibrahim · Mohamed AL-CHA'AR · Mohamed AL-CHAAR · Mohamed AL-SHA'AR · 41 more...				[sources]
Other name	Mohamed · Mohamed AL-CHA'AR · Mohamed AL-CHAAR · Mohamed AL-SHA'AR · Mohamed AL-SHAAR · 56 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1950 · 1956-10-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Al-Haffah, Aleppo, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC · Al-Haffah, Lattaquié · Al-Haffah, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC · Al-Haffah, Syrian Arab Republic · Aleppo, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC · 4 more...				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Syria				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
Country of birth	Syria				[sources]
First name	Mohamed · Mohammad · Mohammad Ibrahim · Mohammed · Mohammed Ibrahim · 3 more...				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	AL-CHAAR · AL-SHA'AR · AL-SHAAR · AL-SHA’AR · AL-SHÀAR · 12 more...				[sources]
Second name	Ibrahim				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1694182				[sources]
Position	Ancien ministre de l'intérieur · Former Minister of Interior. Vice Chair of the National Progressive Front of Syria. · Interior Minister of the Republic of Syria · Major General · Major General, Minister of the Interior · 7 more...				[sources]
Religion	Sunni Islam				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Created at	2011				[sources]
Modified on	2023-12-19				[sources]
Last changed	2024-03-19	Last checked	2024-04-25	First seen	2022-04-27

Descriptions

Last known position: Minister for Interior.

— Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, 2023-04-20

Last known position: Member of the Syrian Political Security Directorate.

— Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, 2023-04-20

Political Security Division. Military official involved in the violence in Homs.

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

Former Minister of the Interior. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population. Vice Chair of the National Progressive Front of Syria.

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

Ancien ministre de l’intérieur. En tant qu’ancien ministre du gouvernement, il partage la responsabilité de la répression violente exercée par le régime syrien contre la population civile. Vice-président du Front national progressiste de Syrie.

— French Freezing of Assets, 2023-05-30

Division de la sécurité politique. Militaire impliqué dans les violences commises à Homs.

— French Freezing of Assets, 2023-04-20

Former Minister of Interior, Syrian Arab Republic

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Interior of Syria	2011-04-14	2018-11-26

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Federal Public Service Finance	SYR	2023-05-27	-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)	Autonomous (Syria)	2024-01-12	-
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	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Syria	2022	-
Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU	-	-	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)	SDN List	-	-
Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery	(UE) 1244/2011 du 01/12/2011 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · (UE) 2020/716 du 28/05/2020 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 )	-	-
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	-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)	Autonomous (Syria)	2024-01-12	-
Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU	-	-	-
European External Action Service	SYR	2023-05-27	-
Ministry of Finance	シリアのアル・アサド大統領及びその関係者等（個人）	2011-09-09	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Syria	2020	-
Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery	(UE) 1244/2011 du 01/12/2011 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · (UE) 2016/1735 du 29/09/2016 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · (UE) 2019/350 du 04/03/2019 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · (UE) 2020/716 du 28/05/2020 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · 1 more...	-	-
Federal Public Service Finance	SYR	2020-05-30	-
Federal Public Service Finance	SYR	2020-05-30	-
European External Action Service	SYR	2020-05-30	-
Global Affairs Canada	Syria / Syrie	-	-
Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU	-	-	-
European External Action Service	SYR	2020-05-30	-

Data sources

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets5,901

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons183,219

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

Wikidata · non-official source

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

Canadian Special Economic Measures Act Sanctions4,240

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

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,011

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)

French Freezing of Assets6,265

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

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,315

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

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

Japan Economic sanctions and list of eligible people3,485

Sanctions imposed by Japan under its Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law.

Japan · Ministry of Finance

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)18,647

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

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,063

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)

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List28,480

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

United States · Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

External databases

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

Wikidata224,808

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: au-dfat-2326-mohammad-al-shaar · ca-sema-2-7-sy-muhammad-ibrahim-al-shaar · ch-seco-12057 · fr-ga-1557 · eu-tb-logical-111686 · eu-fsf-eu-3493-55 · ofac-12740 · NK-HVsqgVwMY7b5akkk8FfAKJ · NK-jWkMVnvtHyy3fqy9Hw93Q6 · gb-hmt-11910 · eu-tb-logical-6305 · ch-seco-11641 · fr-ga-1076 · ca-sema-syria-2-7 · au-dfat-2257-mohammad-ibrahim-al-sha-ar · eu-tb-logical-6831 · eu-fsf-eu-3788-65 · ja-mof-a9b9b928e22d5db16fd599fb86af07a9b043b37e · NK-NLoc6RPEfiad3mBjwcq4Wq · eu-fsf-eu-2413-46 · gb-hmt-15382

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