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Muhammad Said Bukhaytan

Military · Political · Sanctioned entity

Muhammad Said Bukhaytan is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Mohammed Saeed Bekheitan · Muhammad Said Bukhaytan · محمد سعيد بخيتان · 穆罕默德·赛义德·布希坦				[sources]
Other name	Mohammad · Mohammad Sa'eed Bukhaytan · Mohammad Sa'id Bukhaytan · Mohammad Saeed Bukhaytan · Mohammad Said Bukhaytan · 14 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1945				[sources]
Place of birth	Deir ez-Zor				[sources]
Death date	2022-03-11				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Syria				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
First name	Mohammad · Mohammed · Muhammad · Muhammad Said · Said · 1 more...				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	BEKHEITAN · Bukhaytan · بخيتان				[sources]
Second name	Sa'eed · Sa'id · Saeed · Said · سعيد				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4120447				[sources]
Position	Head of the National Security Bureau (2000-2005)				[sources]
Education	Damascus University · الكلية الحربية السورية				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Created at	2011				[sources]
Modified on	2024-04-15				[sources]
Last changed	2024-04-17	Last checked	2024-04-29	First seen	2022-07-15

Descriptions

Assistant Regional Secretary of the Ba’ath Arab Socialist Party since 2005; from 2000 to 2005 Director for the national security of the regional Ba’ath party. Former Governor of Hama (1998-2000). Close associate of President Bashar al-Assad and Maher al-Assad. Senior decision-maker in the regime on repression of civilian population.

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

Syrian politician

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

Relationships

Linked to
Object	Role	Start date	End date
Bashar Al-Assad	related-to	-	-
Maher Al-Assad	related-to	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Head of the National Security Bureau	2000-06-21	2005-06-06

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Global Affairs Canada	Syria / Syrie	-	-
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	2022-09-28
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Syria	2020	-

Data sources

Canadian Special Economic Measures Act Sanctions4,244

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

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons183,201

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

Wikidata · non-official source

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)

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets5,901

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

External databases

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Wikidata224,800

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: NK-X6LroKDoFnAazMnhzYBFa7 · ca-sema-2-39-sy-muhammad-said-bukhaytan · ch-seco-11878 · au-dfat-2289-muhammad-said-bukhaytan · ca-sema-syria-2-39 · gb-hmt-12045 · NK-3gEPRTtYeejMrwYGcU75pm

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