Abu Ayyub al-Masri

Abu Ayyub al-Masri
Abu Ayyub al-Masri
أَبُو أَيُّوبَ ٱلْمَصْرِيُّ
	Abu Ayyub al-Masri in an undated photo
2nd Emir of Al-Qaeda in Iraq
	In office; June 7, 2006 – October 15, 2006
Preceded by	Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Succeeded by	Position abolished
2nd Emir of the Mujahideen Shura Council
	In office; June 7, 2006 – October 15, 2006
Preceded by	Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Succeeded by	Abu Omar al-Baghdadi
War Minister of the Islamic State of Iraq
	In office; October 15, 2006 – April 18, 2010
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Abu Suleiman al-Naser
Prime Minister of the Islamic State of Iraq
	In office; September 9, 2009 – April 18, 2010
Preceded by	Abu Abdulrahman al-Falahi
Succeeded by	Abu Suleiman al-Naser
Personal details
Born	Abdel Moneim Ezz El-Din Ali Al-Badawi; عبد المنعم عز الدين علي البدوي; 1967; Kafr Al Asar, Sharqia Governorate, United Arab Republic; (present-day Egypt)
Died	18 April 2010 (aged 42–43); Tikrit, Saladin Governorate, Iraq
Cause of death	Airstrike
Military service
Allegiance	Muslim Brotherhood (Unknown–1982); Egyptian Islamic Jihad (1982–1999); Al-Qaeda (2002–2006) Al-Qaeda in Iraq ; (2004–2006); ; Mujahideen Shura Council (January–October 2006); Islamic State of Iraq(2006–2010);
Years of service	1980s–2010
Rank	Emir of Al-Qaeda in Iraq (June – October 2006) Emir of the Mujahideen Shura Council (June – October 2006) Minister of the Islamic State of Iraq (October 2006 – April 2010)
Battles/wars	Third Afghan Civil War; Iraq War Iraqi Insurgency First Battle of Fallujah; Second Battle of Fallujah; Islamic Army-Al-Qaeda conflict; ; ;

Abu Ayyub al-Masri (/ˈɑːbuː ɑːˈjuːb ɑːl ˈmɑːsri/ ^ⓘ AH-boo ah-YOOB ahl MAHSS-ree; أَبُو أَيُّوبَ ٱلْمَصْرِيُّ, ʾAbū ʾAyyūb al-Maṣrī, translation: "Father of Ayyub the Egyptian"; 1967 – 18 April 2010), also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir (pronunciation^ⓘ; أَبُو حَمْزَةَ ٱلْمُهَاجِرِ ʾAbū Ḥamzah al-Muhāǧir, translation: "Father of Hamza the immigrant"), born Abdel Moneim Ezz El-Din Ali Al-Badawi (Arabic: عبد المنعم عز الدين علي البدوي), was an Egyptian militant leader who became the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq during the Iraqi insurgency, following the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in June 2006. He was appointed as the "minister of war" of the Islamic State of Iraq from 2006 to 2010 and prime minister of the Islamic State of Iraq from 2009 to 2010. He was killed along with ISI's leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi during a raid on their safehouse on 18 April 2010.