Last Updated: September 16, 2024

Adil Anwar al-Olabi

Aliases

عادل أنور العلبي; Adel Anouar el-Oulabi; Adel Anwar AL-OLABI; Ádil Anwar Al-Ulábí

Position

Chairperson of Damascus Cham Holding Company (DCHC);\nGovernor of Damascus, appointed by President Bashar al-Assad in November 2018.

DoB

1976-01-10

Linked to

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202401517

Official reason

Leading businessperson benefiting from and supporting the Syrian regime. Chairman of Damascus Cham Holding Company (DCHC), the investment arm of the Governorate of Damascus managing the properties of the Governorate of Damascus and implementing the Marota City project. Adel Anwar al-Olabi is also the Governor of Damascus, appointed by President Ba...

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