Last Updated: October 18, 2026

Samira Shahbandar

Aliases

سميرة الشاهبندر

Chadian

Nationality

Iraq

Date of birth

1946

Place of birth

Baghdad, Iraq

Linked entities

Saddam Hussein Al-Tikriti

Other sanctions regimes

Official reason

Wife of Saddam Hussein (listed above). Samira Shanbandar is Saddam Hussein’s second wife and mother to his third son. Her status as Saddam Hussein’s wife only became widely known after Uday Saddam Hussein publicly murdered the man he held responsible for Saddam Hussein’s introduction to Samira Shahbandar.

Sender

Additional info

article 2 paragraph 2 (Financial sanctions)

Program information

Authority

Program

Ordinance of 7 August 1990 on economic measures against the Republic of Iraq (SR 946.206)

Regime

UN, Switzerland country specific

Target State

Iraq

Measures

Asset freeze

Official Information

Switzerland imposes these sanctions under the Ordinance of 7 August 1990 on economic measures against the Republic of Iraq (SR 946.206). The measures implement sanctions adopted by the UN Security Council.

Program URL

https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1990/1316_1316_1316/de

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