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Mokhtar Belmokhtar

1972 - 2015

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Mokhtar Belmokhtar (; Arabic: مختار بلمختار; 1 June 1972 – November 2016), also known as Khalid Abu al-Abbas, the One-Eyed, Nelson, Mr. Marlboro and the Uncatchable, was an Algerian leader of the group Al-Murabitoun, former military commander of Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb, smuggler and weapons dealer. He was twice convicted and sentenced to death in absentia under separate charges in Algerian courts: in 2007 for terrorism and in 2008 for murder. In 2004, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in Algeria for terrorist activities. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mokhtar Belmokhtar is the 253rd most popular extremist (up from 260th in 2024), the 162nd most popular biography from Algeria (up from 173rd in 2019) and the most popular Algerian Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Mokhtar Belmokhtar ranks 253 out of 283. Before her are Abdul Quader Molla, Yang Xinhai, Richard B. Spencer, Yvan Colonna, Howard Marks, and Ramzi Yousef. After her are Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Eric Rudolph, Charles Ng, Hiroshi Maeue, Vlado Taneski, and Fazlullah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Mokhtar Belmokhtar ranks 384. Before her are Mark Hoppus, Jeff Kaplan, Masahiro Ando, Hamdi Ulukaya, Nikolaj Arcel, and Colin Ferguson. After her are Andrew Holness, Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, Nicolas Bro, Željko Rebrača, Giorgio Di Centa, and Cristina Branco. Among people deceased in 2015, Mokhtar Belmokhtar ranks 470. Before her are Denis Healey, Marian Szeja, Bob Burns, Mariem Hassan, Patricia Canning Todd, and Ernie Banks. After her are Stein Eriksen, Jim Loscutoff, Origa, Lyubov Kozyreva, Ferenc Konrád, and Asuman Baytop.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Mokhtar Belmokhtar ranks 162 out of 213. Before her are Jean-François Larios (1956), Pierre-Henri Raphanel (1961), Ali Bencheikh (1955), Valérie Benguigui (1961), Abdelmajid Bourebbou (1951), and William Ayache (1961). After her are Djamel Haimoudi (1970), Matteo Ferrari (1979), Mahmoud Guendouz (1953), Imane Khelif (1999), Ramy Bensebaini (1995), and Nacerdine Drid (1957).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Algeria

Among extremists born in Algeria, Mokhtar Belmokhtar ranks 1. 

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