Nasir al-Wuhayshi
| Nasir Abdel Karim al-Wuhayshi ناصر عبد الكريم الوحيشي |
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Nasir al-Wuhayshi in 2012.
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| Born |
1 October 1976 Yemen |
| Died | 12 June 2015 (aged 38) Mukalla, Yemen |
| Nationality | Yemeni |
| Other names | Abu Basir |
| Known for | Founder of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula |
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| Allegiance |
 Al-Qaeda
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| Service/branch |
Al-Qaeda in Yemen (1998–2009) AQAP(2009–2015) |
| Years of service | 1998–2015 |
| Rank | Former Emir of AQAP |
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Nasir Abdel Karim al-Wuhayshi (Arabic: ناصر عبد الكريم الوحيشي Nasir ʿbd al-Karim al-Wahishi; also transliterated as Naser al-Wahishi, Nasser al-Wuhayshi), alias Abu Basir, was a citizen of Yemen and the leader of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Both Saudi Arabia and Yemen considered al-Wuhayshi to be among their most wanted fugitives. In October 2014, the US State Department increased the reward for any information leading to the capture or killing of al-Wuhayshi to US$10 million, the same as ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Wuhayshi was killed in a US drone strike in the Hadhramaut Governorate of Yemen on 12 June 2015.
Nasir al-Wuyayshi was born in 1976 in the Mukayras region of what is now the southern province of al-Bayda, Yemen. He spent time in religious institutions in Yemen before travelling to Afghanistan in 1998 and joining al-Qaeda.
al-Wuhayshi served as secretary to Osama bin Laden for years in Afghanistan. He left Afghanistan in 2001 and was soon arrested by Iranian authorities, who handed him over to his native Yemen two years later where he was imprisoned without charges. Al-Wuhayshi became the leader of al-Qaeda's Yemeni operations after a previous leader was killed in a US Predator drone strike in 2002.
In February 2006, Nasir al-Wuhayshi was one of 23 Yemeni captives who escaped from custody from a maximum security prison in Sana'a.
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