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Mohammed al-Chaar

Disqualified · Politician · Sanctioned entity

Mohammed al-Chaar is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Mohamed al-Cha'ar · Mohamed al-Chaar · Mohamed al-Sha'ar · Mohamed al-Shaar · Mohammad Nidal Al-Shaar · 15 more...				[sources]
Other name	Mohammed Nidal al-Shaar · Muhammed Nidal Şaar				[sources]
Birth date	1950-10-01 · 1956				[sources]
Place of birth	Aleppo				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Syria				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
Citizenship	Syria				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Mohamed · Mohammad · Mohammad Nidal · Mohammed · Muhammad				[sources]
Last name	Al-Shaar · al-Cha'ar · al-Chaar · al-Sha'ar				[sources]
Title	Dr.				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6892259				[sources]
Position	Member of the People's Council of Syria (2003-2007) · Military Official · Minister of Economy and Trade (Syria) (2011-2012)				[sources]
Education	George Washington University · University of Aleppo				[sources]
Source link	eur-lex.europa.eu · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk				[sources]
Last change	2025-08-13	Last processed	2025-09-09	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

Political Security Division. Military official under the former al-Assad regime involved in the violence in Homs.

— EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities, 2025-05-28

Disqualified

— UK Companies House Disqualified Directors, 2025-04-10

Minister of Economy and Trade for Syria

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

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
European Union	Council of the European Union		2011-12-01	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Economy and Trade (Syria)	2011-04-14	2012-06-23

Data sources

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,711

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

UK Companies House Disqualified Directors15,570

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

United Kingdom · CoH

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities2,308

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

European Union · Council

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,110

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List5,052

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

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,790

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

Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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

Wikidata349,174

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

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,038

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: NK-EQsxANystTwnrBX7NekTrF · gb-coh-3ua6ved0gwetcqtdofcrjax7puw · ch-seco-12023 · gb-fcdo-syr0381 · ca-sema-syria-2-81 · eu-oj-71aaae4cf5138c68b35d3c7db65d1c95f4691408 · NK-KwqB4DAQ9AyjY4SXontHWR · ca-sema-9f1f4c4dbf9ebafd6713c4741d387bc7aab9db5c · ca-sema-2-81-sy-mohammad-nidal-al-shaar

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