| Muhammad Badie محمد بديع |
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| 8th General Guide of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 16 January 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Mohammed Mahdi Akef |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 August 1943 El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Egypt |
| Alma mater | Cairo University |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Muhammad Badie (Arabic: محمد بديع Muḥammad Badīʿ , IPA: [mæˈħæmmæd bæˈdiːʕ]) (born 1943) is the eighth General Guide (chairman) of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. He has headed the Egyptian branch of the international Islamist organization since 2010. Before becoming general guide, Badi'e had been a member of the group's governing council, the Guidance Bureau, since 1996.
Badi'e was born in the industrial city of Mahalla al-Kubra on August 7, 1943. He took a degree in veterinary medicine at Cairo in 1965.[1]
The same year, he was arrested for the first time for his political activity in the Muslim Brotherhood, during a nationwide roundup of activists; he was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a military tribunal.[2]
Paroled along with almost all other Brotherhood prisoners in 1974 by the new Egyptian president, Anwar al-Sadat, Badi'e went on to continue his studies and begin a teaching career at various Egyptian universities.
Badi'e continues to work part time as a professor of pathology at the veterinary school of Beni Suef University.
| Religious titles | ||
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| Preceded by Mohammed Mahdi Akef |
General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood 2010–present |
Incumbent |