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<swiss-sanctions-list date="2024-07-30" list-type="amendment">
  <sanctions-program predecessor-version-date="2022-10-05" ssid="85"
                     version-date="2024-08-02">
    <program-key lang="eng">Yemen</program-key>

    <program-key lang="ger">Jemen</program-key>

    <program-key lang="fre">Yémen</program-key>

    <program-key lang="ita">Yemen</program-key>

    <program-name lang="eng">Ordinance of 5 December 2014 on measures against
    Yemen (SR 946.231.179.8), annex</program-name>

    <program-name lang="ger">Verordnung vom 5. Dezember 2014 über Massnahmen
    gegenüber Jemen (SR 946.231.179.8), Anhang</program-name>

    <program-name lang="fre">Ordonnance du 5 décembre 2014 instituant des
    mesures à l’encontre du Yémen (RS 946.231.179.8), annexe</program-name>

    <program-name lang="ita">Ordinanza del 5 dicembre 2014 che istituisce
    provvedimenti nei confronti dello Yemen (RS 946.231.179.8),
    allegato</program-name>

    <sanctions-set lang="eng" ssid="29610">art. 1, para. 1 let. a (Goods
    sanctions), art. 1a, para. 1 let. a (Financial sanctions) et art. 3, para.
    1 (Travel ban)</sanctions-set>

    <sanctions-set lang="ger" ssid="29610">Art. 1 Abs. 1 Bst. a
    (Gütersanktionen), Art. 1a Abs. 1 Bst. a (Finanzsanktionen) und 3 Abs. 1
    (Ein-und Durchreiseverbot)</sanctions-set>

    <sanctions-set lang="fre" ssid="29610">art. 1, al. 1 let. a (Sanctions
    concernant les biens), art. 1a al. 1 let. a (Sanctions financières) et
    art. 3, al. 1 (Interdiction de séjour et de transit)</sanctions-set>

    <sanctions-set lang="ita" ssid="29610">art. 1 cpv. 1 lett. a (Sanzioni
    relative ai beni), art. 1a cpv. 1 lett. a (Sanzioni finanziarie) e 3 cpv.
    1 (Divieto di entrata e di transito)</sanctions-set>

    <origin>UN</origin>
  </sanctions-program>

  <target ssid="31222">
    <sanctions-set-id>29610</sanctions-set-id>

    <foreign-identifier>YEi.005</foreign-identifier>

    <individual>
      <identity main="true" ssid="31224">
        <name lang="eng" name-type="primary-name" quality="good" ssid="31820">
          <name-part name-part-type="given-name" order="1">
            <value>Ahmed</value>

            <spelling-variant lang="ARA" script="ARAB"
            spelling-variant-type="not-defined">أحمد علي عبد لله
            صالح</spelling-variant>
          </name-part>

          <name-part name-part-type="further-given-name" order="2">
            <value>Ali</value>
          </name-part>

          <name-part name-part-type="father-name" order="3">
            <value>Abdullah</value>
          </name-part>

          <name-part name-part-type="family-name" order="4">
            <value>Saleh</value>
          </name-part>

          <name-part name-part-type="title" order="5">
            <value>Former Ambassador</value>
          </name-part>

          <name-part name-part-type="title" order="6">
            <value>Former Brigadier General</value>
          </name-part>
        </name>

        <name lang="eng" name-type="alias" quality="good" ssid="31828">
          <name-part name-part-type="whole-name" order="1">
            <value>Ahmed Ali Abdullah Al-Ahmar</value>
          </name-part>
        </name>

        <nationality ssid="31829">
          <country iso-code="YE">Yemen</country>
        </nationality>

        <day-month-year calendar="Gregorian" day="25" month="7" quality="good"
                        ssid="31823" year="1972"/>

        <address place-id="237" quality="good" ssid="31830"/>

        <identification-document document-type="passport" ssid="31839">
          <number>17979</number>

          <issuer code="YE">Yemen</issuer>

          <remark>Yemeni passport number 17979 issued under name Ahmed Ali
          Abdullah Saleh (referred to in the diplomatic identity number
          no.:31/2013/20/003140)</remark>
        </identification-document>

        <identification-document document-type="passport" ssid="31840">
          <number>02117777</number>

          <issuer code="YE">Yemen</issuer>

          <date-of-issue>2005-11-08</date-of-issue>

          <remark>Yemeni passport number 02117777 issued on 08-11-2005 under
          name Ahmed Ali Abdullah Al-Ahmar (good quality a.k.a.)</remark>
        </identification-document>

        <identification-document document-type="passport" ssid="31841">
          <number>06070777</number>

          <issuer code="YE">Yemen</issuer>

          <date-of-issue>2014-12-03</date-of-issue>

          <remark>Yemeni passport number 06070777 issued on 03-12-2014 under
          name Ahmed Ali Abdullah Al- Ahmar (good quality a.k.a.)</remark>
        </identification-document>

        <identification-document document-type="diplomatic-passport"
                                 ssid="31842">
          <number>31/2013/20/003140</number>

          <issuer code="AE">United Arab Emirates</issuer>

          <date-of-issue>2013-07-07</date-of-issue>

          <remark>Diplomatic identity card no.:31/2013/20/003140, issued on
          07-07-2013 by the United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs
          under name Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh; current status:
          cancelled.</remark>
        </identification-document>
      </identity>

      <justification ssid="31223">Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh was designated for
      sanctions on 14 Apr 2015 pursuant to paragraphs 11 and 15 of resolution
      2140 (2014) and paragraph 14 of resolution 2216 (2015).</justification>

      <relation relation-type="related-to" ssid="31226" target-id="29644"/>

      <other-information ssid="31821">Ahmed Ali Saleh has played a key role in
      facilitating the Houthi military expansion. Has engaged in acts that
      threaten the peace, security, and stability of
      Yemen.</other-information>

      <other-information ssid="31228">Ahmed Ali Saleh has been working to
      undermine President Hadi’s authority, thwart Hadi’s attempts to reform
      the military, and hinder Yemen’s peaceful transition to democracy. Saleh
      played a key role in facilitating the Houthi military expansion. As of
      mid-Feb 2013, Ahmed Ali Saleh had issued thousands of new rifles to
      Republican Guard brigades and unidentified tribal shaykhs. The weapons
      were originally procured in 2010 and reserved to purchase the loyalties
      of the recipients for political gain at a later
      date.</other-information>

      <other-information ssid="31229">After Saleh’s father, former Republic of
      Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh, stepped down as President of Yemen
      in 2011, Ahmed Ali Saleh retained his post as commander of Yemen’s
      Republican Guard. A little over a year later, Saleh was dismissed by
      President Hadi but he retained significant influence within the Yemeni
      military, even after he was removed from command. Ali Abdullah Saleh was
      designated by the UN under UNSCR 2140 in Nov 2014.</other-information>

      <other-information ssid="31822">Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh comes from an
      area known as Bayt Al-Ahmar, which lies some 20 kilometres southeast of
      the capital, Sana'a.</other-information>
    </individual>

    <modification effective-date="2024-07-30" enactment-date="2024-08-02"
                  modification-type="de-listed" publication-date="2024-08-02"/>
  </target>

  <place ssid="237">
    <country iso-code="AE">United Arab Emirates</country>
  </place>
</swiss-sanctions-list>
