Last Updated: January 15, 2025
Wasim Anouar al-Qatan
Aliases
وسيم قطان; وسيم أنوار القطان; Wassim Anouar al-Qatan; Wasseem Anouar al-Qatan; Waseem Anouar al-Qatan; Wasim al-Qatan; Wassim al-Qatan; Wasseem al-Qatan; Waseem al-Qatan; Wasim Anouar al-Qattan; Wassim Anouar al-Qattan; Wasseem Anouar al-Qattan; Waseem Anouar al-Qattan; Wasim al-Qattan; Wassim al-Qattan; Wasseem al-Qattan; Waseem al...
Position
President of Damascus Countryside (Rural) Province Chamber of Commerce. Chairman of the Syrian-Omani Business Council since 2022.
Nationality
Syrian Arab Republic
DoB
1976-06-20
Reg. ID
10090110187 (other-Other identification number) (National ID Number)
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202401517
Official reason
Leading businessperson operating in Syria benefiting from and supporting the regime. Owner of multiple businesses and holding companies with interests and activities in various economic sectors such as real estate, the luxury hotel industry and commercial centres. Waseem al-Kattan rose rapidly as a leading businessman by imposing taxes on goods smu...
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2020-02-17)
Date of listing
2024-05-27
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