Mahmoud Ezzat

Mahmoud Ezzat Ibrahim (Arabic: محمود عزت إبراهيم‎; born 13 August 1944) is the former acting general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and one of the most prominent leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood.

This article is about the Egyptian politician. For other uses, see Mahmoud Ezzat (disambiguation).

Mahmoud Ezzat
محمود عزت
Mahmoud Ezzat in 2013
Acting General Guide of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
In office
20 August 2013 – 28 August 2020
Preceded byHe became the acting general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood after the arrest of Mohammed Badie
Succeeded byIbrahim Munir
Personal details
Born
Mahmoud Ezzat Ibrahim

(1944-08-13) 13 August 1944
Cairo, Egypt
NationalityEgyptian
Alma materZagazig University

Personal life

Ezzat was born on August 13, 1944 in Cairo. He is a member of the group's counseling office, and a professor at the Faculty of Medicine at Zagazig University. He is married with five children.

Education
  • Finished high school in 1960.
  • He received his Bachelor of Medicine in 1975.
  • And Masters in 1980.
  • And Ph.D. in 1985 from Zagazig University.
  • Obtained a diploma from the Institute of Islamic Studies in 1998
  • And a license to recite Quran from the Recitation Institute in 1999.

He got acquainted with the Muslim Brotherhood as a boy in 1953. He enrolled in the (Brotherhood) class in 1962 and was one of the disciples of Sayyid Qutb.[1] He was a student in the Faculty of Medicine when he was arrested in 1965. He was sentenced to ten years and was released in 1974. He was a fourth year student at the time. He completed his studies and graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in 1976, and his connection to the advocacy work in Egypt - especially with the well educated students - remained until he went to work in Sana'a University in the laboratory department in 1981, and then traveled to England to complete his doctoral thesis. He then returned to Egypt and obtained his doctorate from Zagazig University in 1985. He was chosen as a member of the Guidance Office in 1981.

Imprisonment
  • He was arrested in 1965 and spent ten years in prison.
  • He was arrested for six months pending investigation in the Brotherhood case known as the Salsabil case, and he was released in May 1993.
  • In 1995 he was sentenced to five years for his participation in the elections of the Community Shura Council, and his selection as a member of the Guidance Bureau, and he left in 2000.
  • He was arrested on January 2, 2009 on Friday for participating in a demonstration in the center of Cairo protesting against the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip.[2]

Scientific Interests
  • Much research and activity in the field of hospital infection resistance in Egypt and Britain.
  • Much research into epidemic diseases in Egypt, such as meningitis and cholera.
  • Advocacy interests in the field of education, students, public work, human rights, and medical charitable work.
  • Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Islamic Medical Association.

Appointment as Acting Leader of the Muslim Brotherhood

After the arrest of Mohammed Badie on August 20, 2013, the Muslim Brotherhood appointed Mahmoud Ezzat as the acting guide.[3]

Judgments in absentia
Portrait of Mahmoud Ezzat.

Mahmoud Ezzat was issued a number of judgments in absentia in several cases:

  • The case of the “Al-Sharainah cell in Minya”: The Minya Criminal Court ruled, on 18 August 2020, that the deputy guide of Muslim Brotherhood Mahmoud Ezzat and seven others were sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia for “inciting violence and inciting riots” and possessing publications that would incite disturbing public opinion."[4]
  • Prison break case: On June 16, 2015, the Cairo Criminal Court issued a judgment in absentia to execute Mahmoud Ezzat and 92 others, accused of escaping from Wadi el-Natrun prison after breaking out of the prison in 2011.[5]
  • The "Guidance Office Events" case: He was sentenced to life imprisonment.[6]
  • Communication case: The Criminal Court of Nasr City, in absentia, sentenced Mahmoud Ezzat to death for accusing him of communicating with Hamas.[7]

Arrest

On 28 August 2020, Ezzat was arrested during an apartment raid in Cairo,[8] and was succeeded by Ibrahim Munir as the acting general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

See also

References
  1. Raheem, Ahmed (21 August 2013). "New Brotherhood Supreme Guide Linked to "Radical Qutb Current"". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  2. الشرطة بمصر تقبض على أعضاء في جماعة الإخوان قبل احتجاجات غزة Reuters Archived 3 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Reuters Staff (20 August 2013). "محمود عزت مرشدا عاما مؤقتا لجماعة الإخوان المسلمين في مصر". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 – via ara.reuters.com.
  4. "المؤبد لـ8 متهمين بينهم نائب مرشد الإخوان فى أحداث عنف بالمنيا". youm7. 18 August 2020. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  5. ""اقتحام السجون": 99 إعدام بينهم مرسي وبديع وثلاثة شهداء وأسير.. و"التخابر": إعدام للشاطر والبلتاجي والمؤبد لمرسي". Mada Masr (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 14 July 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  6. "السجل الإرهابي لـ"محمود عزت": 2 إعدام و2 مؤبد". youm7. 28 August 2020. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  7. "تفاصيل القبض على محمود عزت مخزن أسرار الإخوان في مصر". Al Arabiya (in Arabic). 28 August 2020. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  8. "Acting leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood arrested in Cairo". 28 August 2020 – via www.reuters.com.
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