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Atef Naddaf

Politician · Sanctioned entity

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

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Aatef Al-Naddaf · Aatef Nadaf · Aatef Naddaf · Atef Al-Naddaf · Atef Nadaf · 9 more...				[sources]
Alias	Aatef Al-Naddaf · Aatef Nadaf · Aatef Naddaf · Atef Al-Naddaf · Atef Nadaf · 5 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1956				[sources]
Place of birth	Damas-Campagne · Damas-Campagne : SYRIE · Damascus · Damascus Countryside, Syrian Arab Republic · Damascus countryside, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC · 3 more...				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Syria				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
Country of birth	Syria				[sources]
First name	Aatef · Atef · Atif · عاطف				[sources]
Last name	Al-Naddaf · Nadaf · Nadda · Naddaf · نداف				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q60455405				[sources]
Position	Ancien ministre du commerce intérieur et de la protection des consommateurs · Former Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection · Former Minister of Trade and Consumer Protection · Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection (2018-2020)				[sources]
Source link	eur-lex.europa.eu · eur-lex.europa.eu · gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-28	Last processed	2026-02-04	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

(Date of UN designation: 2016-11-14)

— Belgian Financial Sanctions, 2025-12-01

Former Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection under the former al-Assad regime. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

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

Ancien ministre du commerce intérieur et de la protection des consommateurs sous l’ancien régime d’al-Assad. 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.

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

Linked to Bashar Asad The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2025-04-09

Linked to Bashar Asad

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

Syrian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-02-19

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
United Kingdom	Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK		2020-12-31	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection	2018-11-27	2020-05-11

Data sources

French National Asset Freezing System5,925

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 Sanctions7,469

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

Belgium · FOD

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories383,747

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets7,078

The United Kingdom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)7,526

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

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons316,237

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

UK FCDO Sanctions List6,334

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

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,184

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

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities2,980

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

European Union · Council

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,883

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

Monaco · Monaco

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

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,461

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

Switzerland · SECO

External databases

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

Wikidata333,831

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 OpenSanctions472,708

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ca-sema-ee83c732014005f965c977423fa33dc379d87af1 · ch-seco-35622 · fr-ga-2274 · be-fod-1c7bbab6be6499a10a40a2cece82a0e127ef2488 · gb-fcdo-syr0077 · eu-fsf-eu-3816-93 · gb-hmt-13396 · eu-oj-7bf47cded9252f001c46a78eec07c6f219d8c705 · mc-freezes-40111f11419cdf5ff08311d00424ad01f19d2a28 · eu-tb-logical-110103

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