Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin

Abdel Aziz Issa Abdul-Mohsin al-Muqrin
عبد العزيز عيسى عبد المحسن المقرن
Leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Preceded byKhaled Ali Hajj
Succeeded bySaleh al-Oufi
Personal details
Born1972
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Died18 June 2004(2004-06-18) (aged 31–32)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abdel Aziz Issa Abdul-Mohsin Al-Muqrin (/ˈɑːbdəl əˈzz ˈɪsə ɑːlˈmɪɡrɪn/ ; Arabic: عبد العزيز عيسى عبد المحسن المقرن; also Abd al-Aziz al-Moqrin and other transliterations), alias Abu Hajr (ابو هاجر) and Abu Hazim, (1972 – 18 June 2004), was the leader of the militant Jihadist group al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia. He succeeded Khaled Ali Hajj, when the latter was killed by Saudi security forces in March 2004. Al-Muqrin had trained with Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.

Al-Muqrin lived in Riyadh's Al-Suwaidi District, home to many Saudi extremists.