Mahmoud Ezzat

Mahmoud Ezzat Ibrahim (; also sometimes spelled "Mahmoud Izzat"; born 13 August 1944) 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]."

Personal life Ezzat was born on 13 August 1944, in Zagazig, Sharqia Governorate. and has five children with her.

Education Finished high school in 1960. He received his Bachelor of Medicine in 1975. He was a student in the Faculty of Medicine when he was arrested in 1965. He was sentenced to ten years and was released in 1974.

Imprisonment He was arrested in 1965 and spent nine years in prison. On 28 August 2020, Ezzat was arrested during an apartment raid in Cairo, and was succeeded by Ibrahim Munir as the acting general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. On 8 April 2021, he was convicted on "terror" charges, and sentenced to life in prison.

Scientific Interests Much research and activity in the field of hospital infection resistance in Egypt and Britain. Much research into epidemic diseases in Egypt, such as meningitis and cholera. Advocacy interests in the field of education, students, public work, human rights, and medical charitable work. Vice Chairman of the board of directors of the Islamic Medical Association.

Judgments in absentia Mahmoud Ezzat was issued a number of judgments in absentia in several cases: On 19 December 2021, Egypt's State Security Assize Court upheld the death sentence on the former acting Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Leader. He was charged with "foreign intelligence" and "acts of terrorism and sabotage". The case of the "Al-Sharainah cell in Minya": The Minya Criminal Court ruled, on 18 August 2020, that the deputy guide of Muslim Brotherhood Mahmoud Ezzat and seven others were sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia for "inciting violence and inciting riots" and "possessing publications that would incite disturbing public opinion." Prison break case: On June 16, 2015, the Cairo Criminal Court issued a judgment in absentia to execute Mahmoud Ezzat and 92 others, accused of escaping from Wadi el-Natrun Prison after breaking out of the prison in 2011. The "Guidance Office Events" case: He was sentenced to life imprisonment. Communication case: The Criminal Court of Nasr City, in absentia, sentenced Mahmoud Ezzat to death for accusing him of communicating with Hamas. On 4 March 2024, Ezzat was sentenced to death by an Egyptian court, alongside seven other senior Muslim Brotherhood figures, in the "Platform Incidents" case. The other defendants sentenced to death were Mohamed Badie, Mohamed Beltagy, Amr Zaki, Osama Yassin, Safwat Hegazi, Essam Abdel Majid, and Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud.