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The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, also known as the SDN List, is a United States government sanctions/embargo measure targeting U.S.-designated terrorists, officials and beneficiaries of certain authoritarian regimes, and international criminals (e.g. drug traffickers).{{Citation needed|date=May 2025|reason=This list of types of targets seems imcomplete.}} The list is administered by the U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).{{cite book |last1=Chorzempa |first1=Martin |last2=Lovely |first2=Mary E. |last3=Wan |first3=Christine |date=2024 |title=The Rise of US Economic Sanctions on China: Analysis of a New PIIE Dataset |url= https://www.piie.com/sites/default/files/2024-12/pb24-14.pdf |publisher=Peterson Institute for International Economics |page=7 |access-date=2 May 2025}} When individuals are added to the list of Specially Designated Nationals (SDN), their U.S. assets are blocked. Moreover, their names are added to automated screening systems used by banks in the United States and many foreign countries, making it difficult for them to open or hold accounts, transfer money, or transact properties internationally.{{Cite web |last=Knights |first=Michael |date=6 December 2019 |title=Punishing Iran's Triggermen in Iraq: Opening Moves in a Long Campaign |url=https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/punishing-irans-triggermen-iraq-opening-moves-long-campaign |website=The Washington Institute}} Any individual or entity that provides support related to terrorism, drug trafficking or unauthorized military use to any person or entity appearing on the SDN list risks being penalized under the USA PATRIOT Act.{{Cite web |date=November 8, 2022 |title=What is a Specially Designated National (SDN)? |url=https://www.sanctions.io/blog/what-is-a-specially-designated-national-sdn |website=sanctions.io}}

The SDN list contains tens of thousands[https://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/sdnlist.pdf Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List]，US Treasury, 2020/8/7, 1421 pages of individuals and entities that have been identified as posing threats to U.S. national security and foreign policy.{{cite web|url=https://www.20min.ch/story/keine-pcs-fuer-vereine-wegen-us-blacklist-406956000005 |last=rob |archiveurl= https://archive.today/20210904070441/https://www.20min.ch/story/keine-pcs-fuer-vereine-wegen-us-blacklist-406956000005 |archivedate= 2021-09-04 |title=Keine PCs für Vereine – wegen US-Blacklist|language=de|work=20 Minuten|date=2017-11-23 |accessdate=2017-11-23|url-status=live}} All individuals and entities within the U.S. are prohibited from doing business with them or are subject to sanctions for violating the law. Financial sanctions include a ban on investment in the stock of the blacklisted individuals and entities in which the blacklisted individuals have a controlling interest, and a ban on new debt (including all securities such as bonds, credits, bills of exchange, etc.) with a maturity of more than 90 days. After the 2014 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, the U.S. blacklisted a number of Russian and Crimean companies for sanctions.{{Cite web |date=20 December 2016 |title=U.S. sanctions companies, people over Russia actions in Ukraine |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-sanctions-russia-idUSKBN1492AH |website=Reuters}} Almost every country is represented on the list.Areddy, James T. (5 April 2021). "[https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-creates-its-own-digital-currency-a-first-for-major-economy-11617634118 China Creates its Own Digital Currency, a First for Major Economy]". Wall Street Journal . Retrieved 5 April 2021.

Notable sanctioned persons

=Belarus=

= China =

  • Chen Quanguo – Chinese Communist Party 19th Politburo member
  • Zhang Chunxian – Chinese Communist Party 18th Politburo member
  • Wang Chen – Chinese Communist Party 19th Politburo member
  • Zhang Xiaoming – Former deputy director of the State Council's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office
  • You Quan – Former Head of CCP's United Front Work Department
  • Li Shangfu – Former State Councilor and Minister of National Defence
  • Cai Dafeng – Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
  • Cao Jianming – Former Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
  • Chen Zhu – Former Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
  • Padma Choling – Former Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
  • Ding Zhongli – Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
  • Hao Mingjin – Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
  • Arken Imirbaki – Former Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
  • Ji Bingxuan – Former Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
  • Shen Yueyue – Former Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
  • Wan Exiang – Former Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
  • Wang Dongming – Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
  • Wu Weihua – Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
  • Zhu Hailun – Former Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
  • Wang Mingshan – Secretary of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Political and Legal Affairs Commission
  • Huo Liujun – Former Communist Party Secretary of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Public Security Department

== Hong Kong SAR==

== Macau SAR ==

  • Wan Kuok-koi – Former leader of the Macau gang 14K{{cite news |date=2020-12-11 |title=制裁崩牙駒｜美宣佈制裁澳門江湖猛人尹國駒 藉一帶一路擴張東南亞犯罪活動 |language=zh |work=Apple Daily |url=https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201209/BWTQWW54HJD3ZLBZDTW7TRBHZU/ |url-status=dead |access-date=2020-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113020757/https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201209/BWTQWW54HJD3ZLBZDTW7TRBHZU/ |archive-date=2021-01-13}}

= Iran =

  • Esmail Qaani – Commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps{{Cite web |date=3 January 2020 |title=Esmail Qaani, the new leader of Iran's Quds Force |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/esmail-qaani-quds-force-iran-us-foe |website=Fox News}}
  • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – Supreme Leader of Iran{{cite web |date=June 24, 2019 |title=Issuance of Executive Order of June 24, 2019, "Imposing Sanctions with Respect to Iran;" Iran-related Designations; Counter Terrorism Designations |url=https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20190624 |access-date=1 March 2022 |website=U.S. Department of the Treasury |language=en}}
  • Mohammad Javad Zarif – Former foreign minister of Iran{{Cite web |title=Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif OFAC Designation |url=https://ofaclawyer.net/economic-sanctions-programs/javad-zarif-designation/ |website=ofaclawyer.net}}
  • Amir Ali Hajizadeh – Commander of Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps{{Cite web |title=OFAC Sanctions List Search (SDN List) |url=https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=26942 |website=sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov}}
  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – Former President of Iran{{Cite web |title=OFAC Sanctions List Search |url=https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=44865 |website=sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov}}

= Libya =

=North Korea=

  • Kim Yong-chol – Head of the United Front Department {{Cite web|url=https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/05/30/opinions/pompeo-north-korean-counterpart-opinion-andelman/y|title=DPRKrelated Designations and Designations Removals|accessdate=May 14, 2024|website=www-m.cnn.com}}

= North Macedonia =

  • Sašo Mijalkov – Former Administrator for Security and Counterintelligence of Republic of North Macedonia{{Cite web |title=Balkans-related Designations and Designations Removals |url=https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20220411 |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=U.S. Department of the Treasury |language=en}}
  • Nikola Gruevski – Former Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia
  • Stevčo Jakimovski of Podrzikonj – Leader of the Citizen Option for Macedonia, mayor of the Karpoš Municipality and a former member of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia.
  • Artan Grubi – Former First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia{{cite web |title=US declares senior Albanian politician from North Macedonia and a judge "persona non grata" |url=https://www.voxnews.al/english/kosovabota/shba-shpall-non-grata-politikanin-e-larte-shqiptar-nga-maqedonia-e-ve-i80802 |website=Vox News Albania |date=9 December 2024}}
  • Enver Bexheti – Corrupted Judge

=Philippines=

  • Apollo Quiboloy – Filipino pastor and the leader of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC or KJC){{Cite web |title=OFAC Sanctions List Search |url=https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=39996 |website=sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov}}{{Cite web |date=December 10, 2022 |title=US imposes sanctions on Quiboloy for 'serious human rights abuse' |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/united-states-imposes-sanctions-quiboloy-serious-human-rights-abuse/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211082556/https://www.rappler.com/nation/united-states-imposes-sanctions-quiboloy-serious-human-rights-abuse/ |archive-date=December 11, 2022 |access-date=December 11, 2022 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}

=Russia=

  • Vladimir Putin – President of the Russian Federation.{{cite web |url=https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20220225_33 |title=SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS LIST UPDATE |date=25 February 2022 |website=US Department of the Treasury |access-date=26 February 2022 |quote="The following individuals have been added to OFAC's SDN List: ... PUTIN, Vladimir Vladimirovich (Cyrillic: ПУТИН, Владимир Владимирович) (a.k.a. PUTIN, Vladimir (Cyrillic: ПУТИН, Владимир)), Kremlin, Moscow, Russia; Novo-Ogaryevo, Moscow Region, Russia; Bocharov Ruchey, Sochi, Russia; Valdai, Novgorod Region, Russia; DOB 07 Oct 1952; POB Leningrad, Russia; nationality Russia; citizen Russia; Gender Male; President of the Russian Federation (individual) [RUSSIA-EO14024]." }}
  • Dmitry Medvedev – Former President of the Russian Federation.{{Cite web |title=OFAC Sanctions List Search |url=https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=36407 |website=sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov}}
  • Petr Fradkov – Russian economist and banker serving as the chairman and CEO of Promsvyazbank and the general director of the Russian Export Center.{{cite web|url=https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20220222|title=Russia-related Designations; Issuance of Russia-related Directive 1A and General Licenses; Publication of new and updated Frequently Asked Questions|website=U.S. Department of the Treasury}}
  • Valery Gerasimov – current Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.{{cite web |date=2022-02-25 |title=Russia-related Designations |url=https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20220225_33 |website=U.S. Department of the Treasury}}
  • Sergei Ivanov – Russian senior official and politician who has served as the Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation on the Issues of Environmental Activities, Ecology and Transport since 12 August 2016.
  • Vladimir Kiriyenko – chairman and CEO of VK (formerly known as Mail.ru Group){{cite web|url=https://vk.company/en/company/team/114/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122182234/https://vk.company/en/company/team/114/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 22, 2022|title=Vladimir Kirienko|website=vk.company}}
  • Sergei Lavrov – Russian diplomat and politician who has served as the Foreign Minister of Russia since 2004.
  • Nikolai Patrushev – Russian politician, security officer and intelligence officer. He served as Director of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB),{{Efn|The FSB is the main successor organization to the Soviet KGB (excluding foreign intelligence).}} from 1999 to 2008, and he has been Secretary of the Security Council of Russia since 2008.{{Cite web|url=http://www.russiaprofile.org/ten-russian-politicians-who-make-influence-on-the-country/|title=Learn about the top 10 Most Influential Politicians of Russia|date=June 23, 2018}}
  • Igor Sechin – Russian oligarch and a government official, considered a close ally and "de facto deputy" of Vladimir Putin.The Guardian. 12 January 2017. Page 6.
  • Sergei Shoigu – General of the Army who served as Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation from 2012 to 2024. Currently serves as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Defense of the CIS since 2012 and as Secretary of the Security Council of Russia since 2024.{{cite news |last1=Plummer |first1=Robert |title=Vladimir Putin removes Sergei Shoigu from Russian defence ministry |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-69000698 |access-date=20 May 2025 |work=BBC News |date=13 May 2024}}
  • Maria Zakharova – Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman.{{Cite web |title=OFAC Sanctions List Search (Mariya Vladimirovna Zakharova) |url=https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=37509 |website=sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov}}
  • Tina Kandelaki – Russian-Georgian journalist, Deputy CEO of Gazprom Media, acting director of Russian federal TV channel TNT; alongside Kandelaki, her husband Vasily Brovko has also been added to the list.{{Cite web |date= |title=OFAC Sanctions List Search (Tina Kandelaki) |url=https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=37848 |website=sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov}}
  • Alexander Dugin – Ultranationalist politician and leader of the Eurasia Party{{Cite web |title=Ukraine-related Designations and Designations Removals |url=https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20150311}}
  • Margarita Simonyan – Editor-in-Chief of state media outlet RT and Rossiya Segodnya.{{Cite web |date=4 September 2024 |title=Russia-related Designations; Issuance of Russia-related General License; Publication of Russian Sanctions Evasion Alert; Publication of Amended Russia-related Frequently Asked Question |url=https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20240904 |website=ofac.treasury.gov}}{{Cite web |title=OFAC Sanctions List Search (Margarita Simonovna Simonyan) |url=https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=50565 |website=sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov}}
  • Dmitry Kiselyov – Russian TV presenter and CEO of Rossiya Segodnya.{{Cite web |title=OFAC Sanctions List Search (Dmitry Konstantinovich Kiselev) |url=https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=50691 |website=sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov}}
  • Igor Girkin – Russian army veteran and former Minister of Defence of the Donetsk People's Republic, charged by Dutch prosecutors for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17{{Cite web |title=Ukraine-related Designations and Designations Removals |url=https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20140620}}

= Syria =

  • Bashar al Assad – President of Syrian Arab Republic (2000–2024){{Cite web |title=Sanctions List Search |url=https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=12735 |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov}}
  • Asma al Assad – First Lady of Syria (2001–2024){{Cite web |title=Syria-related Designations; Syria Designations and Designations Updates; Iran-related Designation Update; Counter Terrorism Designation Update |url=https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20200617 |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=U.S. Department of the Treasury |language=en}}
  • Maher al Assad – General and commander of the Republican Guard{{Cite web |title=Syria-related Designations and Designations Removals |url=https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20230328|website=ofac.treasury.gov}}

= United Kingdom =

  • Karim Ahmad Khan – Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court{{Cite web |title=Issuance of Executive Order Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court; International Criminal Court-related Designation |url=https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20250213 |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=Office of Foreign Assets Control |language=en}}

= Venezuela =

  • Nicolás Maduro – President of Venezuela{{Cite web |date=July 31, 2017 |title=U.S. Blacklists the President of Venezuela as a Specially Designated National (SDN) |url=https://www.ustrademonitor.com/2017/07/u-s-blacklists-the-president-of-venezuela-as-a-specially-designated-national-sdn/}}
  • Delcy Rodríguez – Vice President of Venezuela{{Cite web |date=2018-09-25 |title=SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS LIST UPDATE (VENEZUELA) |url=https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20180925 |website=ofac.treasury.gov}}
  • Tareck El Aissami – Minister of Petroleum (Venezuela){{Cite web |date=February 13, 2017 |title=Treasury Sanctions Prominent Venezuelan Drug Trafficker Tareck El Aissami |url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/as0005 |website=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY}}

= Other =

  • Marinko Čavara – Former President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina[https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20220606 US Treasury], 6 June 2022
  • Svetozar Marović – Former President of Serbia and Montenegro
  • Milorad Dodik – President of Republika Srpska{{Cite web |date=2023-10-20 |title=U.S. Treasury Sanctions Members of Milorad Dodik's Family and Patronage Network |url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1825 |website=U.S. Department of the Treasury}}
  • Željka Cvijanović – Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina{{Cite web |date=2025-01-23 |title=OFAC Sanctions list search |url=https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=44419}}
  • Ali Ahmed Karti – Former foreign minister of Sudan{{Cite web |date=2023-09-28 |title=Treasury Designates Entities and Individual Exacerbating Sudan's Instability |url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1769 |website=U.S. Department of the Treasury}}
  • Sadio Camara – Defence Minister of Mali{{Cite web |title=OFAC Sanctions List Search |url=https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=42618 |website=sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov}}
  • Falih Al-Fayyadh – Chairman of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces and former National Security Advisor{{Cite web |title=OFAC Sanctions List Search |url=https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=30242 |website=sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov}}
  • Bidzina Ivanishvili – Member of the Parliament of Georgia, oligarch and former Prime Ministerhttps://www.state.gov/sanctioning-georgian-dream-founder-bidzina-ivanishvili/
  • Antal Rogán – Member of the National Assembly of Hungary, Leader of the Prime Ministerial Cabinet Office (also known as Back Office in English){{Cite web |date=2025-01-07 |title=Rogán Antalt szankciós listára tette az Egyesült Államok |url=https://telex.hu/kulfold/2025/01/07/rogan-antalt-szankcios-listara-tette-az-egyesult-allamok |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=telex |language=hu}}{{Cite web |title=Sanctions List Search |url=https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=52432 |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov}}{{Cite web |date=2024-12-23 |title=Treasury Sanctions Corrupt Hungarian Official |url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2773 |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=U.S. Department of the Treasury |language=en}}

= Former (deceased) =

  • Anwar al-Awlaki{{cite web |author=United States Department of the Treasury |date=16 July 2010 |title=Treasury Designates Anwar Al-Aulaqi, Key Leader of Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula |url=https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/pages/tg779.aspx |access-date=17 March 2022 |work=treasury.gov |quote=Aulaqi was designated pursuant to Executive Order 13224 for supporting acts of terrorism and for acting for or on behalf of AQAP.}} – (died in 2011) – American-born al-Qaeda leader, killed by drone strike in Yemen
  • Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis – (died in 2020) Deputy head of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces and commander of Kata'ib Hezbollah
  • Bi Sidi Souleymane – (died in 2021) Former leader of the Central African Republic-based militia group Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation
  • Ebrahim Raisi – (died in 2024) Former President of Iran{{Cite web |title=Ebrahim Raisi |url=https://www.counterextremism.com/extremists/ebrahim-raisi |website=Counter Extremism Project}}
  • Saddam Hussein – (died in 2006) Former President of Iraq{{Cite web |title=A Bulletin from the Office of Foreign Assets Control – June 24, 2003 |url=https://www.fdic.gov/news/inactive-financial-institution-letters/2003/fil0355a.html |website=fdic.gov}}
  • Slobodan Milošević – (died in 2006) Former President of the FR Yugoslavia
  • Qasem Soleimani – (died in 2020) Former Commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps{{Cite web |title=Punishing Iran's Triggermen in Iraq: Opening Moves in a Long Campaign |url=https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/punishing-irans-triggermen-iraq-opening-moves-long-campaign |website=The Washington Institute for Near East Policy}}
  • Muammar Gaddafi – (died in 2011) Former Leader of Libya{{Cite web |title=Libya EO; Libyan Sanctions Designations; |url=https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20110225 |website=treasury.gov}}
  • Yevgeny Prigozhin – (died in 2023) Russian tycoon and founder of Wagner Group, a private mercenary army.{{Cite web |title=Sanctions List Search – Yevgeny Prigozhin |url=https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=21171 |website=sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov}}

= Former (alive) =

Notes

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References

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External links

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