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Maher al-Sharaa

Politician · Sanction-linked entity

Maher al-Sharaa is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Maher al-Scharaa · Maher al-Sharaa · Maher el-Charaa · Mahir Şara · Махер Шараа · 4 more...				[sources]
Other name	Maher al-Charaa · Аш-Шараа, Махер · Махер Аш-Шараа · Махер Хусейн Аш-Шараа · Махер Хусейн Шараа				[sources]
Birth date	1973				[sources]
Place of birth	Damascus				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
Citizenship	Syria				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Mahir				[sources]
Last name	al-Sharaa				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q131480314				[sources]
Position	Minister of Health of the Syrian Arab Republic (2024-)				[sources]
Education	Voronezh State Medical Academy				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-03	First seen	2024-12-21

Descriptions

Syrian physician and politician (born 1973)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-01-16

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Hussein al-Sharaa Politician	child · father	-	-
Hazem al-Sharaa Politician	sibling	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Health	2024-12-16	2025-03-29

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Abu Mohammed Al-Jawlani Terrorism · Export controlled · Politician · Sanctioned entity	sibling	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,228

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,663

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,493

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Graph-based entity tagging80,939

Automatically generated graph-based topic annotations

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,059

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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