Ahmed El-Tayeb أحمد الطيب | |
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 Ahmed El-Tayeb in 2023 | |
| Grand Imam of al-Azhar & Al-Azhar Al Sharif | |
| Assumed office 10 March 2010 | |
| President | Hosni Mubarak Mohamed Hussein Tantawy (Acting) Mohamed Morsi Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Sayed Tantawy |
| Grand Mufti of Egypt | |
| In office 10 March 2002 – 27 September 2003 | |
| President | Hosni Mubarak |
| Preceded by | Nasr Farid Wasil |
| Succeeded by | Ali Gomaa |
| President of Al-Azhar University | |
| In office 2003–2010 | |
| President | Hosni Mubarak |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Omar Hashem |
| Succeeded by | Abdallah al-Husseini |
Ahmed el-Tayeb | |
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| Personal | |
| Born | Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed El-Tayeb 6 January 1946 |
| Religion | Islam |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Maliki |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
| Movement | Sufism |
| Alma mater | Al-Azhar University Paris-Sorbonne University |
Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed El-Tayeb (Arabic: أحمد محمد أحمد الطيب; born 6 January 1946) is an Egyptian Islamic scholar and the current Grand Imam of al-Azhar, al-Azhar al-Sharif and former president of al-Azhar University. He was appointed by the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, following the death of Mohamed Sayed Tantawy in 2010.[1] He is from Kurna, Luxor Governorate in Upper Egypt, and he belongs to a Sunni Muslim family.[2]
- ^ Abou el Magd, Nadia (21 March 2010). "Mubarak appoints a new chief of Al Azhar". The National.
- ^ "أحمد الطيب شيخ الأزهر الجديد". aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 22 February 2019.