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Imad Abdullah Sara

Disqualified · Politician · Sanctioned entity

Imad Abdullah Sara is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Imad Abdullah Sara · Imad Abdullah Sarah · Imad Abullah Sara · Imad Abullah Sarah · Imad SARA · 4 more...				[sources]
Alias	Imad Abdullah Sarah · Imad Abullah Sara · Imad Abullah Sarah · İmad Abdullah Sera · عماد عبدالله سارة				[sources]
Birth date	1968-04-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Damas · Damas : SYRIE · Damascus · Damascus Syria · Damascus, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC · 2 more...				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Syria				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
Country of birth	Syria				[sources]
First name	Abdullah · Imad · Imad Abdullah · عبدالله · عماد				[sources]
Last name	Sara · Sarah · سارة				[sources]
Second name	Abdullah · Abullah				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q60564584				[sources]
Position	Ancien ministre de l'information nommé en janvier 2018. · Former Minister for Information · Former Minister of Information. Appointed in January 2018. · Former Minister of Information · Minister of Information (2018-2021)				[sources]
Education	Damascus University				[sources]
Source link	eur-lex.europa.eu · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr				[sources]
Last change	2025-11-17	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Former Minister of Information under the former al-Assad regime. Appointed in January 2018. 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 de l’information sous l’ancien régime d’al-Assad. Nommé en janvier 2018. 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

Disqualified

— UK Companies House Disqualified Directors, 2025-10-01

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
France	Direction Générale du Trésor		-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Information	2018	2021-08-10
Minister of Information	2018-01-01

Data sources

UK Companies House Disqualified Directors15,721

Individuals which have been disqualified from holding the post of a company director in the United Kingdom following a court decision.

United Kingdom · CoH

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,808

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

Monaco · Monaco

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities2,805

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

European Union · Council

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)7,474

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

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

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets7,012

The United Kingdom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes7,773

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

Switzerland · SECO

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,982

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

French National Asset Freezing System5,871

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 Sanctions6,600

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

Belgium · FOD

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,144

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,065

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,388

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,755

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

Source data IDs: eu-oj-b72bc83ce84d7847f5f4fcab0ad7e9bc7869af5d · ch-seco-38320 · gb-hmt-13614 · mc-freezes-0b912bcf25acbb66bb30bbcfba11fca30dc285da · gb-fcdo-syr0100 · fr-ga-2357 · eu-tb-logical-115488 · gb-coh-tk35h2sfs5svuppvmsrizdkvvb4 · eu-fsf-eu-4344-34

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