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Faisal Mekdad

Diplomat · Political · Sanctioned entity

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

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Faisal AL-MEKDAD · Faisal AL-MEQDAD · Faisal AL-MIQDAD · Faisal MEKDAD · Faisal MEQDAD · 16 more...				[sources]
Other name	Al-Mikdad · Faisal Al-Mekdad · Faisal Al-Meqdad · Faisal Mekdad · Faisal Meqdad · 27 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1954-02-05				[sources]
Place of birth	Daraa Governorate, Ghasm, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC · Ghasm · Ghasm, Syrian Arab Republic · Ghasm, gouvernorat de Deraa				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Syria				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
Country of birth	Syria				[sources]
First name	Faisal · Faycal · Fayssal · Fayçal · فيصل				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	AL-MIQDAD · Al-Mekdad · Al-Meqdad · MEKDAD · Mekdad · 5 more...				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5431067				[sources]
Position	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Syria (2006-2020) · Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (2020-) · Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Syrian Arab Republic · Minister of Foreign Affairs. Appointed in November 2020. · Ministre des affaires étrangères · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Charles University (-1992) · Damascus University (-1978)				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctions.nazk.gov.ua				[sources]
Created at	2021-01-15				[sources]
Modified on	2024-04-14				[sources]
Last changed	2024-04-18	Last checked	2024-04-29	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Minister of Foreign Affairs. Appointed in Nov 2020. As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression against the civilian population.

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

Nommé en novembre 2020. En tant que ministre du gouvernement, il partage la responsabilité de la répression violente exercée par le régime syrien contre la population civile

— French Freezing of Assets, 2023-04-20

Syrian minister of foreign affairs and expatriates

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations	2003-09-18	2006-07-31
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Syria	2006-08-01	2020-11-22
Minister of Foreign Affairs & Expatriates	2020-11-22	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)	Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7), annex 7	2021-02-03	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Syria	2021	-
Federal Public Service Finance	SYR	2021-01-15	-
National Security and Defense Council	163/2023	2023-03-18	2033-03-18
National Agency on Corruption Prevention	-	2023-03-18	-
European External Action Service	SYR	2021-01-15	-
Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery	(UE) 2021/29 du 15/01/2021 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 )	-	-
Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU	-	-	-

Data sources

Ukraine NABC Sanctions Tracker39,904

A list of suggested Russia-related sanctions targets composed by the Ukrainian anti-corruption agency.

Ukraine · National Agency on Corruption Prevention

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons183,202

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions17,116

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · National Security and Defense Council

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,315

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

Belgium · Federal Public Service Finance

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)

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,054

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · European External Action Service

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets5,901

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

EU Consolidated Travel Bans3,894

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU

French Freezing of Assets6,265

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 · Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery

External databases

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

Wikidata224,805

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

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: fr-ga-3301 · gb-hmt-14069 · NK-HwziNYXdnUYwVWPhpFvMGB · eu-fsf-eu-6091-25 · ua-nazk-person-26055 · ch-seco-44361 · eu-tb-logical-127166 · ua-nsdc-21963-fejsal-al-mikdad · NK-4kwGs23qH5a78SiebHgLH4

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