Mahmoud Ezzat

Mahmoud Ezzat Ibrahim (Arabic: محمود عزت إبراهيم; also sometimes spelled "Mahmoud Izzat"; born 13 August 1944)[2] is the former acting general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and one of the most prominent leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Historian Fawaz Gerges describes his role as "akin to chief of staff of the Ikhwan [Muslim Brotherhood].

[1] He is a member of the group's counseling office, and a professor at the Faculty of Medicine at Zagazig University.

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 Sanaa University in the laboratory department in 1981, and then traveled to England to complete his doctoral thesis.

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