Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Hafez Makhlouf
Aliases
Hafiz MAKHLOUF; حافظ مخلوف; Háfiz Machlúf
Position
Former Colonel and Head of Unit in General Intelligence Directorate, Damascus Branch in post after May 2011.
Nationality
Syrian Arab Republic
DoB
1971-04-02
Reg. ID
014637352 (passport-National passport) (Diplomatic passport)
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32023R1027
Official reason
Former Colonel and Head of Unit in General Intelligence Directorate, Damascus Branch in post after May 2011. Member of the Makhlouf family; cousin of President Bashar al-Assad.
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2011-05-09)\n(Member of the Makhlouf family; Cousin of President Bashar Al-Assad.)
Date of listing
2023-05-26
Program information
Authority
EU
Program
Restrictive measures against Syria
Regime
EU country specific
Target State
Syria
Measures
Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, Restrictions on admission
Sanctions Portfolio
- All assets of the listed persons and entities should be frozen. It is also prohibited to make any funds or assets directly or indirectly available to them. - Member States shall enforce travel restrictions on persons listed in the Annex I of Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP.
Official Information
On 27 May 2013, the Council of the EU adopted conclusions in which it condemned the violence and the continued widespread and systematic gross violations of human rights in Syria, the massacres committed by the Syrian armed forces and its militias, all instances of hostage taking of peacekeepers, and the atrocities committed by the Syrian regime. I...
Program URL
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02013D0255-20230720