The Angel

EGYPT

ASHRAF MARWAN, AKA “THE ANGEL”:
President Nasser's son-in-law, President Sadat's close adviser, and a spy for the Mossad (Israel's intelligence service)

MONA MARWAN:
Daughter of President Nasser and the wife of Ashraf Marwan

GAMAL ABDEL NASSER:
President of Egypt, 1952–1970

TAHIA GAMAL ABDEL NASSER:
Wife of Gamal Abdel Nasser

SAMI SHARAF:
Nasser's chief of staff and the strongman of the Mukhabarat (Egypt's intelligence service) until his arrest in 1971

MOHAMED HASSANEIN HEIKAL:
Editor in chief of
Al-Ahram
, the most widely circulated Egyptian newspaper, from 1957 to 1974, and one of Nasser's closest friends

ANWAR SADAT:
President of Egypt, 1970–1981

JEHAN SADAT:
Wife of Anwar Sadat

SAAD EL-SHAZLY:
The Egyptian army's chief of staff during the Yom Kippur War

MOHAMED ABDEL GHANI EL-GAMASY:
The Egyptian army's chief of operations during the Yom Kippur War

HOSNI MUBARAK:
President of Egypt, 1981–2011

ISRAEL

DUBI, AKA “ALEX” AND “DR. LORD” (FAMILY NAME STILL WITHHELD):
Mossad operative and Marwan's handler from 1970 to 1998

MAJ. GEN. (RET.) ZVI “ZVIKA” ZAMIR:
Chief of the Mossad from 1968 to 1974

FREDDY EINI:
Zvi Zamir's chief of staff

SHMUEL GOREN:
Head of Mossad operations in Europe, 1968–1974

GOLDA MEIR:
Prime minister of Israel, 1969–1974

MOSHE DAYAN:
Minister of defense, 1967–1974

YISRAEL GALILI:
Minister without portfolio, and Prime Minister Meir's close adviser

LT. GEN. DAVID ELAZAR:
Israel Defense Force (IDF) chief of staff, 1972–1974

MAJ. GEN. ELI ZEIRA:
Director of Military Intelligence (MI), 1972–1974

BRIG. GEN. ARIEH SHALEV:
Head of the MI Research Department, 1967–1974

LT. COL. MEIR MEIR:
Head of Branch 6 (in charge of Egypt) in the MI Research Department, 1969–1972

LT. COL. YONAH BANDMAN:
Head of Branch 6 in MI's Research Department, 1972–1974

AHRON BREGMAN:
Israeli historian living in London

RONEN BERGMAN:
Israeli journalist who wrote about Marwan

OTHERS

KAMAL ADHAM:
Nephew of Saudi Arabia's King Faisal bin Abdulaziz, founder of the Saudi intelligence service, and Marwan's counterpart in maintaining relations between Sadat and King Faisal

MUAMMAR GADDAFI:
Libya's leader, 1969–2011

ABDESSALAM JALLOUD:
Gaddafi's number two, 1969–1977, and Marwan's counterpart in maintaining Egyptian-Libyan relations

ABDULLAH AL-MUBARAK AL-SABAH:
Kuwaiti sheikh, billionaire, and a friend of Ashraf and Mona Marwan

SOUAD AL-SABAH:
Wife of Abdullah al-Sabah, and also a friend of the Marwans

HAFEZ AL-ASSAD:
President of Syria, 1970–2000

ROLAND “TINY” ROWLAND:
British tycoon and Marwan's business partner in London since the early 1980s

MOHAMED AL-FAYED:
London businessman and a rival of Rowland and Marwan

CHRIS BLACKHURST:
British journalist who covered Marwan's activity in London in the 1980s