Ashraf Marwan (Arabic: أشرف مروان‎‎, 2 February 1944 – 27 June 2007) was an Egyptian billionaire. Marwan worked as a spy for the Israeli Mossad, though some contend that he was a double agent. From 1969, Marwan served in the Presidential Office, first under Gamal Abdel Nasser and then as a close aide to his successor, President Anwar Sadat. In 2002 it became known that, during the period leading up to the October 1973 War, Dr. Marwan was recruited by Egyptian Intelligence and may have fed the Israeli Mossad with misleading information prior to the 1973 Arab-Israel war. Marwan died under mysterious circumstances in June 2007, "falling" from the balcony of his London house. His wife and relatives testified that prior to his death he expressed concerns that he is being followed. His wife accu