Nawfal Hammadi Al-Sultan

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID

GAC0027

OFSI group ID

14130

Designation type

Individual

Date designated

22 July 2021

Last updated

9 April 2025

Regimes

• The Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021

Designation sources

• UK

Sanctions imposed

• Asset freeze
• Travel Ban
• Director Disqualification Sanction

Official reasons

• Nawfal Hammadi Al-Sultan has been involved in serious corruption in Nineveh province, Iraq involving the misappropriation of state property to his benefit and the benefit of others. In his role as governor of Nineveh province, he misappropriated public funds intended for reconstruction efforts and to provide support for civilians and improperly awarded contracts and other state property. Additional information: in February 2021 Al-Sultan was convicted by the Central Anti-Corruption Criminal Court in Iraq in relation to some of his corrupt activities when governor of Nineveh Governorate. He was convicted of two offences of 'harming a public body' under Article 340 of Iraq’s Penal Code and sentenced to a total of five years in prison, for: (i) wasting five billion Iraqi Dinars of public funds of Nineveh Governorate through fictitious works and contracts, and (ii) improperly disposing of 50 tons of asphalt delivered to him for paving the streets and for reconstruction in 2017.

Other information

• The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

Addresses

• Country: Iraq