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Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni

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Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Emad Abdul-Ghani Al Sabuni · Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni · Emad Sabouni · Imad Abdul Ghani Al Sabuni · Imad Abdul Ghani Sabouni · 9 more...				[sources]
Alias	Abdul Ghani · Al Sabuni · Emad Abd al-Ghani Sabouni · Emad Abd el-Ghani el-Sabouni · Emad Abdul-Ghani Al Sabuni · 10 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1964				[sources]
Place of birth	Damas · Damas : SYRIE · Damascus · Damascus, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC · Damascus, Syria; · 2 more...				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Syria				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
Citizenship	Syria				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
Country of birth	Syria				[sources]
First name	Abdul Ghani · Abdul-Ghani · Emad · Emad Abdul-Ghani · Imad · 2 more...				[sources]
Last name	Al Sabuni · Sabouni · صابوني				[sources]
Middle name	Abdul Ghani · Abdul-Ghani				[sources]
Title	Dr.				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q431398				[sources]
Position	Ancien ministre des télécommunications et de la technologie sous l’ancien régime d’al-Assad, en poste jusqu’en avril 2014 au moins. · Former Minister of Communications and Technology · Former Minister of Telecommunications and Technology, in office until at least April 2014. Former Head of Planning and International Cooperation Agency (PICC). · Minister of Communications and Information Technology (2007-2014) · Minister of Communications and Technology, Syrian Arab Republic · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Grenoble Institute of Technology · École nationale supérieure des télécommunications de Bretagne				[sources]
Source link	eur-lex.europa.eu · eur-lex.europa.eu · gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-11	Last processed	2025-12-11	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

(Date of UN designation: 2012-02-27)

— Belgian Financial Sanctions, 2025-12-01

Former Minister of Telecommunications and Technology under the former al-Assad regime, in office until at least April 2014. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population. Former Head of Planning and International Cooperation Agency (PICC). The PICC is a government agency, affiliated to the Prime Ministry and produces, in particular, the five-year plans that provide the broad guidelines for the Government’s economic and development policies.

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

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. Ancien chef du Service de planification et de coopération internationale (PICC). Le PICC est un service de l’État rattaché au cabinet du Premier ministre, qui établit, en particulier, les plans quinquennaux définissant les grandes orientations des politiques gouvernementales en matière d’économie et de développement.

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

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

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2025-04-09

Syrian politician

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

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Monaco	La Principauté de Monaco		-	-

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Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Communications and Information Technology	2007-12-08	2014-08-27

Data sources

UK FCDO Sanctions List6,032

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

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,107

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets7,089

The United Kingdom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,329

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

Switzerland · SECO

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)7,488

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

French National Asset Freezing System5,891

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

Belgian Financial Sanctions7,475

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

Belgium · FOD

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,182

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

Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People3,965

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

Japan · MoF

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,840

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

Monaco · Monaco

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities2,925

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

European Union · Council

Taiwan Strategic High-Tech Commodities Entity List9,986

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

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,128

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List5,166

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

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

External databases

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

Wikidata355,772

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 OpenSanctions553,831

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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