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Salwa Abdullah

Disqualified · PEP · Sanctioned entity

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

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Salwa Abdallah · Salwa Abdullah · Selva Abdullah · سلوى عبد الله · سلوى عبدالله				[sources]
Alias	سلوى عبد الله				[sources]
Birth date	1953				[sources]
Place of birth	Quneitra · Quneitra : SYRIE · Quneitra, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC · Quneitra, Syria; · Quneitra, Syrian Arab Republic · 1 more...				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Syria				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
Citizenship	Syria				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
Country of birth	Syria				[sources]
First name	Salwa · سلوى				[sources]
Last name	Abdallah · Abdullah · عبد الله				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q98798445				[sources]
Position	Ancienne ministre d'État · Ancienne ministre des affaires sociales et du travail · Former Minister of social affairs and labour. Former State Minister. · Former Minister of social affairs and labour. Former State Minister. · Minister of Social Affairs and Labour (Syria) (2020-2021) · 1 more...				[sources]
Source link	eur-lex.europa.eu · eur-lex.europa.eu · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-04	Last processed	2026-04-04	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

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

— Belgian Financial Sanctions, 2025-12-01

Former Minister of social affairs and labour under the former al-Assad regime. Former State Minister. 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

Ancienne ministre des affaires sociales et du travail sous l’ancien régime d’al-Assad. Ancienne ministre d’État. En tant qu’ancienne ministre du gouvernement, elle 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, 2025-04-10

The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2025-04-09

Syrian doctor and politician

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

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Canada	Global Affairs Canada		-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Social Affairs and Labour	2020-08-30	2021-08-10

Data sources

French National Asset Freezing System5,951

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

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List5,417

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

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)7,597

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 Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities3,131

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

European Union · Council

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,170

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

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,227

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

UK Companies House Disqualified Directors16,100

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

United Kingdom · CoH

Belgian Financial Sanctions5,938

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

Belgium · FOD

UK FCDO Sanctions List6,670

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 Categories340,703

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,912

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

Monaco · Monaco

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,510

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:

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,334

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata328,010

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: gb-hmt-13409 · eu-oj-e955d873964252c6d34a6bed7c82cc192ed1fdee · gb-coh-9u-bvmm0umnzdkby-bcsp7dskne · fr-ga-1109 · eu-tb-logical-110164 · eu-fsf-eu-3854-70 · be-fod-6fedfb0157cbfc1e94e6feb1cc4f5b8b01ba1370 · mc-freezes-dc50065576c76f1dbe62bdd58a1a8f87de92b87f · gb-fcdo-syr0216 · ca-sema-14fb82d9e5846b7bcd07176dd0833ae1046e91c9 · ch-seco-35724

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