Mohammed Badie

Muhammad Badie محمد بديع
8th General Guide of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 January 2010
Preceded by	Mohammed Mahdi Akef
Personal details
Born	7 August 1943 (1943-08-07) (age 68) 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.

References

1. ^ Muslim Brotherhood Official Biography. Profile of Dr Badie: A resilient leader. Retrieved from http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=22669 . Retrieved on Jan. 25, 2011.
2. ^ Muslim Brotherhood Official Biography. Profile of Dr Badie: A resilient leader. Retrieved from http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=22669 . Retrieved on Jan. 25, 2011.

External links

• Profile at Ikhwanweb
• Mohammed Badie collected news and commentary at Al Jazeera English
• Mohamed Badie collected news and commentary at Al-Masry Al-Youm

Religious titles
Preceded by Mohammed Mahdi Akef	General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood 2010–present	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Badie, Mohamed
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Date of birth	7 August 1943
Place of birth	El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Egypt
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