Abdelmalek Droukdel (Arabic: عبد المالك دروكدال; 20 April 1970 – 3 June 2020),[1] also known by his alias as Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud (Arabic: أبو مصعب عبد الودود), was the emir, or leader, of the Algerian Islamic militant group Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), formerly the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC).

[8] After the killing of al-Zarqawi in 2006, Droukdel published a statement in a website and stated "O infidels and apostates, your joy will be brief and you will cry for a long time... we are all Zarqawi.

[10] Under Droukdel's leadership the GSPC sought to develop itself from a largely domestic entity into a larger player on the international terror stage.

[13] Journalists discovered a document attributed to Droukdel and dated 20 July 2012 in Timbuktu that criticised militants for implementing Islamic law too quickly in Mali.

[15] In December 2007, the United States Department of the Treasury imposed financial sanctions and froze Abdelmalek Droukdel's assets under Executive Order 13224.