Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Agila Saleh ESSA

Aliases

Aqilah Salih QUYDIR; Aguila Saleh ISSA; Aqilah SALEH; Ageela Salah Issa GWAIDER; Agila Saleh Issa GWAIDER

Position

President and Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives

Nationality

Libya

DoB

1942-06-01

Reg. ID

D001001, Passport

Official reason

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Libyan Speaker and President of the House of Representatives (HoR) Agila Saleh Issa (Issa) pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13726, which imposes sanctions against individuals or entities that, among other things, threaten the peace, security, or stabil...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl0454

Date of listing

2016-05-13

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Executive Order 13726 of April 19, 2016 Blocking Property and Suspending Entry Into the United States of Persons Contributing to the Situation in Libya

Regime

OFAC country specific / UN

Target State

Libya

Measures

Blocking Property, Suspending Entry

Official Information

E.O. 13726. On April 19, 2016, the President, invoking the authority of, inter alia, IEEPA and the United Nations Participation Act (22 U.S.C. 287c) (UNPA), issued E.O. 13726. In E.O. 13726, the President expanded the scope of the national emergency declared in E.O. 13566, finding that the ongoing violence in Libya, human rights abuses, violations ...

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/10/03/2022-20984/libyan-sanctions-regulations