Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Hatem Hamdan AL-AZAWI
DoB
circa 1937
Address
Diyali, Al-Khalis Sector, Iraq; Deli Abbas, Iraq
Official reason
Hatam Hamdan Al-Azawi, formerly a close associate of Saddam Hussein, served as the head of Saddam's presidential administration. Al-Azawi obtained a fraudulent diplomatic passport and fled to Syria after the fall of the Iraqi regime. Al-Azawi worked to reconstitute the Iraqi Ba'th Party.
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/hp720
Date of listing
2007-12-06
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 13315 Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003 Blocking Property of the Former Iraqi Regime, Its Senior Officials and Their Family Members, and Taking Certain Other Actions; Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004 Termination of Emergency Declared in Executive Order 12722 With Respect to Iraq and Modification of Executive Order 1329...
Regime
OFAC country specific
Target State
Iraq
Measures
Blocking Property
Official Information
In response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990, the United States imposed comprehensive sanctions, including a trade embargo against Iraq and a freeze of the assets of the then-Iraqi government, which were implemented in the Iraqi Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 575. Over the years, a series of Executive orders adjusted the sancti...
Additional Details
SDN
Program URL
• https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/7386/download?inline • https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/7406/download?inline