Ziad Takieddine (Arabic: زياد تقي الدين, Zyād Taqī al-Dīn; born 14 June 1950) is a Lebanese-French businessman, described by The Telegraph as an "arms broker".

[1] He later facilitated arms dealing between France and Middle East countries, including Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Syria and Libya.

[2][4] On 4 December 2020, he was detained in Lebanon due to allegations of covert financing to Sarkozy's presidential campaign.

[3] Takieddine owned Warwick House in London's Holland Park district via a company in the tax haven of the British Virgin Islands.

In 2013 Takieddine was denied entry to the United Kingdom following an "allegation of fraud" and was forced by British police to return to France.