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Bassam Ibrahim

Politician · Sanctioned entity

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

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Basam İbrahim · Bassam Bashir Ibrahim · Bassam Ibrahim · Bassam Ibraim · בסאם איברהים · 2 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1960				[sources]
Place of birth	Hama · Hama : SYRIE · Hama, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC · Hama, Syria; · Hama, Syrian Arab Republic · 1 more...				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Syria				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
Citizenship	Syria				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
Country of birth	Syria				[sources]
First name	Bashir · Bassam · Bassam Bashir				[sources]
Last name	Ibrahim				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q98798423				[sources]
Position	Minister of Higher Education (Syria) (2018-2024) · Minister of Higher Education. Appointed in November 2018. · Ministre de l’enseignement supérieur sous l’ancien régime d’al-Assad. Nommé en novembre 2018				[sources]
Education	Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (-1991) · University of Aleppo (-1984)				[sources]
Source link	eur-lex.europa.eu · eur-lex.europa.eu · gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-15	Last processed	2026-01-23	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

(Designation details: Date of listing: 4.3.2019)

— Belgian Financial Sanctions, 2025-12-01

Minister of Higher Education under the former al-Assad regime. Appointed in November 2018. As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

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

En tant que 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

Relatives/business associates or partners/links to listed individuals: Bashar Asad The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2025-04-09

Relatives/business associates or partners/links to listed individuals: Bashar Asad

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

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 Higher Education	2018-11-26	2024-09-23

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

UK FCDO Sanctions List6,331

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

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories383,785

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,883

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

Monaco · Monaco

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

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons316,316

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets7,084

The United Kingdom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Belgian Financial Sanctions7,452

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

Belgium · FOD

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,456

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:

Wikidata334,597

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 OpenSanctions526,385

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: be-fod-5eec04c3fff49d08ae61b496a5e0423aba39fe22 · gb-fcdo-syr0246 · eu-tb-logical-119557 · eu-oj-d835b9d5aa8654028bae46ff01dfb249b7c499bb · gb-hmt-13774 · ch-seco-40340 · us-cia-syria-bassam-bashir-ibrahim-minister-of-higher-education-scientific-research · mc-freezes-dba34576103b7deff3f129e72b8e4127004c373c · eu-fsf-eu-5044-92 · fr-ga-2096

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