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Bishr Riyad Yazigi

Political · Sanctioned entity

Bishr Riyad Yazigi is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Bishr Riyad YAZIGI · Bishr Riyad Yazigi · بشر اليازجي				[sources]
Birth date	1972				[sources]
Place of birth	Aleppo				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Syria				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
First name	Bishr · Bishr Riyad				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	YAZIGI · Yazigi				[sources]
Second name	Riyad				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q60455275				[sources]
Position	Advisor to the President Bashar al-Assad. Former Minister of Tourism. · Ancien ministre du tourisme · Conseiller du président Bashar al-Assad · Member of the People's Council of Syria · Minister of Tourism of Syria				[sources]
Education	University of Aleppo (-1995)				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr				[sources]
Created at	2014-08-05				[sources]
Modified on	2024-04-15				[sources]
Last changed	2024-04-26	Last checked	2024-04-27	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Advisor to President Bashar al-Assad. Former Minister of Tourism. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

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

En tant qu'ancien 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

Linked to Bashar Asad

— UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets, 2023-04-20

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— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-10-15

Relationships

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

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Tourism of Syria	-	-
Member of the People's Council of Syria	-	-

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	2014-08-05	-
Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery	(UE) 2019/350 du 04/03/2019 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · (UE) 2019/798 du 17/05/2019 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · (UE) 2020/716 du 28/05/2020 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · (UE) 693/2014 du 23/06/2014 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 )	-	-
Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU	-	-	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Syria	2020	-
Federal Public Service Finance	SYR	2020-05-30	-
European External Action Service	SYR	2020-05-30	-

Data sources

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

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons183,211

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

Wikidata · non-official source

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

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

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

External databases

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Wikidata224,807

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: eu-fsf-eu-2759-26 · eu-tb-logical-7366 · fr-ga-2679 · gb-hmt-12994 · ch-seco-28046 · NK-foeDP6f5sSmTsV8cRkbcQk

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