Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Filipos WOLDEYOHANNES
Aliases
Philipos WELDEYOHANNES; Philipos WOLDEYOHANNES; Philipos WELDEYOHANES; Filipos WELDEYOHANNES; Filipos WOLDEYOHANES; Fillipos WELDEYOHANNES; Phillipos WOLDEYOHANES
Nationality
Eritrea
DoB
1955
Address
Shire, Tigray, Ethiopia; Eritrea
Official reason
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned General Filipos Woldeyohannes (Filipos), the Chief of Staff of the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF), for being a leader or official of an entity that is engaged in serious human rights abuse committed during the ongoing conflict in Tigray. Filipos is design...
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https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0329
Date of listing
2021-08-23
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 ...
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