Iyad Ag Ghaly

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Islamist militant Tuareg leader human jihadist leader

Iyad Ag Ghaly is a Malian Tuareg Islamist militant leader best known for heading the jihadist group Ansar Dine and playing a central role in insurgencies in northern Mali.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Iyad Ag Ghaly canonical	5
Iyad	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamist militant ⓘ Tuareg leader ⓘ human ⓘ jihadist leader ⓘ
affiliatedWith	Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb ⓘ
alive	true ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Mali ⓘ
dateOfBirth	circa 1958 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Tuareg ⓘ
familyName	Ag Ghaly ⓘ
givenName	Iyad Ag Ghaly self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Iyad
hasRole	negotiator in hostage situations ⓘ
ideology	Islamism ⓘ jihadism ⓘ
knownFor	leadership of Ansar Dine ⓘ role in insurgencies in northern Mali ⓘ
languageSpoken	Arabic ⓘ French ⓘ Tamasheq ⓘ
memberOf	Ansar Dine ⓘ Jama'at Nusrat al‑Islam wal‑Muslimin ⓘ surface form: Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin
militaryConflict	Mali War ⓘ surface form: Malian Civil War Mali War ⓘ surface form: Northern Mali conflict Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ
name	Iyad Ag Ghaly self-link ⓘ
nationality	Malian ⓘ
notableEvent	participation in 1990s Tuareg rebellion in Mali ⓘ participation in 2012 Tuareg and jihadist offensive in northern Mali ⓘ
notableWork	creation of Ansar Dine in northern Mali ⓘ
occupation	militant leader ⓘ warlord ⓘ
onList	Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List ⓘ surface form: U.S. Specially Designated Global Terrorists Consolidated List of individuals and entities subject to sanctions ⓘ surface form: UN Security Council sanctions list related to Al-Qaida
opposes	French military presence in Mali ⓘ Government of Mali ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Kidal Region ⓘ northern Mali ⓘ surface form: Northern Mali
positionHeld	founder of Ansar Dine ⓘ leader of Ansar Dine ⓘ leader of Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin ⓘ
regionOfActivity	northern Mali ⓘ surface form: Northern Mali Sahel ⓘ southern Algeria ⓘ surface form: Southern Algeria
religion	Islam ⓘ
religiousOrientation	Salafi jihadism ⓘ
subjectOf	United Nations sanctions ⓘ United States terrorism designation ⓘ international sanctions ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ansar Dine → foundedBy → Iyad Ag Ghaly ⓘ

Ansar Dine → leader → Iyad Ag Ghaly ⓘ

Ansar al-Din → foundedBy → Iyad Ag Ghaly ⓘ

Ansar al-Din → leader → Iyad Ag Ghaly ⓘ

Iyad Ag Ghaly → name → Iyad Ag Ghaly self-link ⓘ

Iyad Ag Ghaly → givenName → Iyad Ag Ghaly self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iyad