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Gibran BASSIL

Aliases

Gebran Gerji BASSIL; Gebran BASSIL; Gebran Jerji BASSIL; Jibran BASSIL

Nationality

Lebanon

DoB

1970-06-21

Address

Embassies Street, Baabda, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon; Bank Street, Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon; Mar Mikhael Street, Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon

Reg. ID

LD0000004, Passport

Official reason

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Gibran Bassil (Bassil), the President of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) political party and Member of Parliament (MP), pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13818, for his role in corruption in Lebanon. E.O. 13818, which builds upon and implements the Gl...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1177

Date of listing

2020-11-06

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Executive Order 13818 - Global Magnitsky

Regime

OFAC-horizontal

Target State

Human Rights

Measures

Blocking Property, Suspending Entry

Sanctions Portfolio

https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/5441

Official Information

On December 23, 2016, the President signed the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (Pub. L. 114-328, Title XII, Subtitle F) (the “Act”) into law. The Act authorized the President to impose targeted sanctions on any foreign person the President determines is, among other things, responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, or other ...

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/06/29/2018-14060/global-magnitsky-sanctions-regulations