Individual

Last Updated: October 18, 2026

Abdelmalek Droukdel

Aliases

عبد المالك دروكدال Droukdel

Abou Mossaab Abdelouadoud

Nationality

Algeria

Date of birth

1970-04-20

Place of birth

Meftah, Wilaya of Blida, Algeria

Address

Algeria

Other sanctions regimes

UN

Sender

CH

Additional info

article 3 paragraphs 1 and 2 (Financial sanctions) and articles 4 (Travel ban)

Other Information

Reportedly deceased in June 2020. Head of The Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (QDe.014). Sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment in Algeria on 21 March 2007. Father's name is Rabah Droukdel. Mother's name is Z'hour Zdigha. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 4 May 2009. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2253 (2015) was concluded on 21 Feb. 2019. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2610 (2021) was concluded on 8 November 2022. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link available.

Date of listing

2025-05-15

Program information

Program information

Authority

CH

Program

Ordinance of 21 March 2025 on measures against persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida (SR 946.231.08)

Regime

UN, Switzerland horizontal

Target State

Terrorism

Measures

Asset freeze, Travel ban

Official Information

Switzerland imposes these sanctions under the Ordinance of 21 March 2025 on measures against persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida (SR 946.231.08). The measures implement sanctions adopted by the UN Security Council.

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