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Malik Ali

Disqualified · PEP · Sanctioned entity

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

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Dr. Malek ALI · Malek Ali · Malek Muhammad Ali · Malik Ali · Malik Muhammad Ali · 1 more...				[sources]
Alias	Malik · Malik Ali · مالك علي				[sources]
Birth date	1956				[sources]
Place of birth	Tartous · Tartous : SYRIE · Tartous, Tartous, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC · Tartus · Tartus, Syria; · 1 more...				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
Citizenship	Syria				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
Country of birth	Syria				[sources]
First name	Dr. Malek · Malek · Malik · مالك				[sources]
Last name	Ali · علي				[sources]
Title	Dr.				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q128123195				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	ar.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Former Higher Education Minister · Former Higher Education Minister in power after May 2011. · Minister of Higher Education (Syria) (2013-2014)				[sources]
Education	University of Latakia				[sources]
Source link	eur-lex.europa.eu · eur-lex.europa.eu · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-24	Last processed	2026-04-27	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

(Date of UN designation: 2014-06-24)

— Belgian Financial Sanctions, 2025-12-01

Former Higher Education Minister under the former al-Assad regime in power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2025-06-20

Ancien ministre de l’enseignement supérieur sous l’ancien régime d’al-Assad au pouvoir après mai 2011. En tant qu’ancien ministre du gouvernement, il partage la responsabilité de la répression violente exercée par l’ancien régime d’al-Assad contre la population civile.

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2025-06-06

Disqualified

— UK Companies House Disqualified Directors, 2025-04-10

The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2025-04-09

Syrian academic

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-02-27

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
United Kingdom	The Insolvency Service		2025-04-09	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Higher Education	2013-08-22	2014-08-27

Data sources

Monaco National Fund Freezing List6,032

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

Monaco · Monaco

UK FCDO Sanctions List6,670

Official register of individuals, entities, and vessel subject to UK sanctions under regulations made pursuant to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.

United Kingdom · FCDO

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities3,383

Supplemental list of people, companies, and organizations sanctioned for involvement in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

European Union · Council

French National Asset Freezing System6,075

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

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,501

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

Switzerland · SECO

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,748

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)7,813

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 Companies House Disqualified Directors16,177

Individuals which have been disqualified from holding the post of a company director in the United Kingdom following a court decision.

United Kingdom · CoH

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,170

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

Belgian Financial Sanctions5,938

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

Belgium · FOD

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,687

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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

Wikidata331,031

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions507,035

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: gb-coh-xvgeqqs2rzy40reerr4kwbelxuo · ch-seco-28051 · fr-ga-1077 · be-fod-30cab7e40adb8d736461ae5ea19cc78b1a22f31d · gb-hmt-12995 · eu-fsf-eu-3799-31 · gb-fcdo-syr0140 · eu-tb-logical-7367 · eu-oj-935ccf86855510cc1c76f6d2ad35ded3ec290a03 · mc-freezes-fb227725c7f8b4c406b4d114b9e943272589db97

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