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Ahmad Muhammed HARUN

Aliases

Ahmad HARUN; Ahmed Mohamed HAROUN; Mawlana Ahmad Muhammad HARUN; Ahmed Mohammed HAROUN; Ahmad Muhammad HARUN

Position

State Minister for Humanitarian Affairs; former State Minister for the Interior; former Coordinator of the Popular Police Forces

Nationality

Sudan

DoB

1964

Official reason

Ahmad Muhammed Harun, Sudan's State Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, has been accused of war crimes in Darfur by the International Criminal Court in the The Hague. Harun and Auf are among Khartoum's senior leadership and have acted as liaisons between the Sudanese government and the Government-supported Janjaweed militias, which have attacked and...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/hp426

Date of listing

2007-05-29

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Darfur Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 546

Regime

OFAC country specific

Target State

Sudan

Measures

Blocking Property

Sanctions Portfolio

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, 22 U.S.C. 7205 (TSRA), an OFAC license is still required for certain exports and reexports to Sudan of agricultural commodities, medicine, and medical devices as a result of Sudan's inclusion on the State Sponsors of Terrorism List.

Official Information

Removal of the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations On November 3, 1997, the President issued Executive Order 13067, “Blocking Sudanese Government Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Sudan” (E.O. 13067), declaring a national emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United State...

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/06/29/2018-14084/removal-of-the-sudanese-sanctions-regulations-and-amendment-of-the-terrorism-list-government