Ahmed el-Tayeb
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. He is from Kurna, Luxor Governorate in Upper Egypt, and he belongs to a Sunni Muslim family.
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 Kurna, Luxor Governorate, Kingdom of Egypt |
| Religion | Islam |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Maliki |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
| Movement | Sufism |
| Alma mater | Al-Azhar University Paris-Sorbonne University |
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