Sheikh AweysPerson

Also known as

• Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys
• Ahmed Dahir Aweys
• Aweys Hassan Dahir
• Mohammed Hassan Ibrahim
• Hassan Tahir Oais
• Hassan Tahir Uways
• Sheikh Hassan
• Hassan Dahir Aweys
• Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys Ali
• Hassan Dahir Awes
• Shaykh Hassan Dahir Awes
• Hassen Dahir Aweyes

Designations

• Designated by European Union under program SOM since 2017-03-08. Other entities under SOM

Source remarks: Location: Somalia (official source)

Key properties

Date of birth

1935

Place of birth

UNKNOWN

Nationality

SO

Position

Hassan Dahir Aweys has acted and continues to act as a senior political and ideological leader of a variety of armed opposition groups responsible for repeated violations of the general and complete arms embargo and/or acts that threaten the Djibouti peace agreement, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces. Between June 2006 and September 2007, AWEYSs served as chairman of the central committee of the Islamic Courts Union; in July 2008 he declared himself chairman of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia-Asmara wing; and in May 2009 he was named chairman of Hisbul Islam, an alliance of groups opposed to the TFG. In each of these positions, AWEYS's statements and actions have demonstrated an unequivocal and sustained intention to dismantle the TFG and expel AMISOM by force from Somalia.

Source list & list version

Last confirmed present in EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List list version eu_fsf@2026-06-05, observed 2026-06-05.

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