List of al-Qaeda members
This is a list of current and former members of al-Qaeda, including its branches around the globe. Little is known about the leadership or members because of the secretive nature of the organization.
Al-Qaeda Central (AQC)
Name | Rank | Status | Ref. |
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Abdullah Yusuf Azzam | Co-founder | Killed in 1989. | |
Mohammed Atef | Military planner | Killed in 2001. | |
Osama bin Laden |
First Emir | Killed in 2011. | |
Ayman al-Zawahiri |
Second Emir | Killed in 2022. | |
Saif al-Adel | Supreme Commander and strategist of al-Qaeda army | Current head of military shura. | |
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah |
Operational planner | Killed in 2020. | |
Adam Yahiye Gadahn |
Interpreter, spokesman for al-Qaeda | Killed in 2015. |
Other individuals
Name | Rank | Status | Ref. |
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Abu Reyan al-Zarkazi | Unknown | Captured in 2010. | |
Muhannad Almallah Dabas | Unknown | Died from a gun wound in Homs, Syria in 2013. | |
Nasir al-Wuhayshi | Leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula | Killed in 2015. | |
Abdelmalek Droukdel | Leader of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb | Killed in 2020. | |
Asim Umar | Leader of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent | Killed in 2019. | |
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed | Leader of al-Qaeda in East Africa | Killed in 2011. | |
Hamza bin Laden | Fighter | Killed in an air strike during the first two years of the Trump administration. |