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Ashraf Marwan

1944 - 2007

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Mohamed Ashraf Abu El Wafa Marwan, known as Ashraf Marwan (Arabic: أشرف مروان‎ 2 February 1944 – 27 June 2007), was an Egyptian official who worked as a spy for the Israeli Mossad. From 1969 on, Marwan worked at the Presidential Office, first under Gamal Abdel Nasser and then as a close aide to his successor, Anwar Sadat. In the lead-up to the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Marwan provided crucial information to Israel. In the 1980s, Marwan moved to London, where he became an arms dealer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ashraf Marwan is the 677th most popular military personnel (down from 372nd in 2019), the 268th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 174th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Egyptian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Ashraf Marwan ranks 677 out of 2,058. Before him are Takijirō Ōnishi, Abner Doubleday, Conon, Choe Yeong, Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, and Pierre Cambronne. After him are Fritz Bayerlein, Kawakami Gensai, Callimachus, Bardas Skleros, Franz Hössler, and Jean Maximilien Lamarque.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Ashraf Marwan ranks 161. Before him are Daniel Pennac, Jürgen Grabowski, Marie-Christine Barrault, Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud, Ferenc Bene, and Jan-Michael Vincent. After him are Willem van Hanegem, Craig T. Nelson, Everaldo, Pierre Deligne, Ton Koopman, and Stockard Channing. Among people deceased in 2007, Ashraf Marwan ranks 80. Before him are Ettore Sottsass, Lois Maxwell, Bob Denard, Khun Sa, Atle Selberg, and Vilma Espín. After him are Kiichi Miyazawa, Mary Douglas, Hrant Dink, Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria, Robert Jordan, and John Woodruff.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Ashraf Marwan ranks 268 out of 642. Before him are Suzanne Mubarak (1941), Osorkon II (-1000), Ali az-Zahir (1005), Narriman Sadek (1933), Al-Said Barakah (1260), and Ahmed ‘Urabi (1841). After him are Al-Mansur Ali (1242), Pentawer (-1173), Pope Peter II of Alexandria (null), Pope Demetrius I of Alexandria (200), Yuya (-1500), and Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Egypt

Among military personnels born in Egypt, Ashraf Marwan ranks 2. Before him are Eli Cohen (1924). After him are Jawhar (911), Al-Salih Hajji (1372), Walther von Hünersdorff (1898), Saad el-Shazly (1922), Sayf al-Din Khushqadam (1413), and Al-Ashraf Kujuk (1334).

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