Muhammad Mahdi Akef محمد مهدي عاكف | |
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7th General Guide of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood | |
In office 8 January 2004 – 8 January 2010 | |
Preceded by | Ma'mun al-Hudaybi |
Succeeded by | Mohammed Badie |
Personal details | |
Born | Kafr Awad Al-Seneita, Dakahlia, Egypt | July 12, 1928
Died | September 22, 2017[1] Cairo, Egypt | (aged 89)
Alma mater | Ain Shams University |
Mohammed Mahdi Akef (Arabic: محمد مهدي عاكف; July 12, 1928 – September 22, 2017) was the head of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Egypt-based Islamic political movement, from 2004 until 2010. He assumed the post, that of "general guide" (Arabic: المرشد العام) (frequently translated as "chairman") upon the death of his predecessor, Ma'mun al-Hudaybi. Akef was arrested on 4 July 2013.[2] On 14 July 2013 Egypt's new prosecutor general Hisham Barakat ordered his assets to be frozen.[3]