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Yahya Sinwar

Disqualified · Export controlled · Politician · Sanctioned entity
TypePerson[sources]
NameJahja Sinvar · Jahja Sinvars · Jahja Sinwar · Jahja esz-Szinvár · Jahjá Sinvár · 25 more...[sources]
AliasAL-SINWAR, Yehya · Abu Ibrahim · Abu Ibrohim · Jahia Sinwar · Jahja Sinvaras · 25 more...[sources]
Birth date · · [sources]
Place of birthKhan Younis, PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, Occupied · Khan Yunis Camp[sources]
Death date[sources]
Gendermale[sources]
Nationalitynot available[sources]
CountryPalestine[sources]
CitizenshipPalestine[sources]
First nameYahia · Yahya · Yahya Ibrahim Hassan · Yehia · Yehiyeh · 1 more...[sources]
Last nameSINOUAR · Sinwar · al-Sinwar[sources]
Middle nameIbrahim Hassan[sources]
Political associationHamas[sources]
Wikidata IDQ22690797[sources]
PositionChairman of the Hamas Political Bureau (2024-2024) · Hamas Political Leader in Gaza · Leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip (2017-2024)[sources]
EducationIslamic University of Gaza[sources]
ReligionIslam[sources]
AddressGaza · Gaza Palestinian · Gaza, Occupied Palestinian Territories · Gaza, State of Palestine[sources]
Source linkfind-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov[sources]
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Descriptions

Disqualified

UK Companies House Disqualified Directors,

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

UK FCDO Sanctions List,

Palestinian politician and Hamas leader (1962–2024)

Wikidata non-official source,

Relationships

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,232

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets7,084

The United Kingdom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List35,588

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

United States · OFAC

Belgian Financial Sanctions7,460

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

Belgium · FOD

Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People3,965

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

Japan · MoF

UK FCDO Sanctions List6,322

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

Taiwan Strategic High-Tech Commodities Entity List9,980

Entities subject to export restrictions due to concerns about the end-use or end-users, particularly relating to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or other military applications.

Taiwan · MOEA

UK Companies House Disqualified Directors15,818

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

United Kingdom · CoH

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,826

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

Australia · DFAT

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List5,154

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

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)23,438

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

United States · ITA

External databases

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

Wikidata355,584

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


Source data IDs: ca-sema-8d60cef11eed1ce8d7032973b5cf5b128c6cbc86 · gb-coh-slu8qxdlxk-ckuqamc3spazdpoo · tw-shtc-834caf18a80e431054a961af372d1f5bd4e042b0 · ja-mof-0c965c87acb5242eed3cc0312014bb24bb7f439f · eu-fsf-eu-11073-93 · ofac-18528 · gb-hmt-16185 · au-dfat-7828-yahya-ibrahim-hassan-sinwar · gb-fcdo-cti0050 · tw-shtc-7e2976836fbc5151b3895017f1dc0221a824f245

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