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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Seventh General Guide of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Muhammad Mahdi Akef<br />{{lang|ar|محمد مهدي عاكف}}<br />
| office = 7th General Guide of the Egyptian [[Muslim Brotherhood]]<br />
| image = Mohammad Akif.jpg<br />
| predecessor = [[Ma'mun al-Hudaybi]]<br />
| president = <br />
| successor = [[Mohammed Badie]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|7|12}}<br />
| birth_place = Kafr Awad Al-Seneita, [[Dakahlia Governorate|Dakahlia]], [[Kingdom of Egypt|Egypt]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|9|22|1928|7|12}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Former Egypt Brotherhood leader Akef dies aged 89|url=http://www.muslimglobal.com/2017/09/former-egypt-brotherhood-leader-akef.html|accessdate=24 September 2017|publisher=Muslim Global}}</ref><br />
| death_place = [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]<br />
| nationality = [[Egyptians|Egyptian]]<br />
| otherparty = <br />
| alma_mater = [[Ain Shams University]]<br />
| term_start = January 2004<br />
| term_end = January 2010<br />
}}<br />
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'''Mohammed Mahdi Akef''' ({{lang-ar|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" ({{lang-ar|المرشد العام}}) (frequently translated as "chairman") upon the death of his predecessor, [[Ma'mun al-Hudaybi]]. Akef was arrested on 4 July 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/75721/Egypt/Politics-/Former-Brotherhood-supreme-guide-Akef-arrested-.aspx|title=Former Brotherhood supreme guide Akef arrested|work=Ahram Online|date=4 July 2013|accessdate=4 July 2013}}</ref> On 14 July 2013 Egypt's new prosecutor general [[Hisham Barakat]] ordered his assets to be frozen.<ref name="egypindep">{{Cite news|title=Asset freeze for Islamist leaders goes into action|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/asset-freeze-islamist-leaders-goes-action|work=Egypt Independent|date=15 July 2013|accessdate=15 July 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Akef was born in 1928 in Kafr Awad Al Seneita –Aga - [[Dakahlia Governorate]], in the north of Egypt. The year of his birth was the year the Muslim Brotherhood Movement was founded.<ref name="memo">{{Cite web|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170922-profile-mohamed-mahdi-akef-1928-2017/|title=Profile: Mohamed Mahdi Akef, 1928-2017|date=September 22, 2017|website=[[Middle East Monitor]]}}</ref><br />
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Akef obtained his Primary Certificate of Education at Al Mansoura Primary School, and obtained his Secondary Certificate of Education at Cairo- Fuad 1st Secondary School. He then joined the Higher Institute of Physical Education and graduated in May 1950, after which he worked as a teacher at Fuad 1st Secondary School.<ref name="memo" /><br />
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==Career==<br />
He first became involved with the Muslim Brotherhood in 1940, which was then led by [[Hassan al Banna]].<ref name="memo" /><br />
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Akef joined the Faculty of Law and assumed responsibility for the Brotherhood's training camps at Ibrahim University (present-day [[Ain Shams University]]).<ref>Saddiq, 'Ali, ''Al Ikhwan al Muslimun Bayna Irhab Faruq wa 'Abd al-Nasir (The Muslim Brothers Between the Terrorism of Faruq and Nasser)'', Cairo, Dar-al-'Atisam, 1987, p. 59</ref> This was during the struggle against the British occupation in the Canal preceding the [[1952 Revolution]], after which he left responsibility to Kamaleddin Hussein, then National Guard Chief.<ref name="memo" /><br />
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The last Sections he headed in the Muslim Brotherhood before 1954 were both the Students Section and the PE Section at the Groups HQ.<ref name="memo" /><br />
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He was arrested on 1 August 1954 and stood trial on charges including smuggling Major General [[Abdul Munem Abderraoof]] (one of the army chiefs who spearheaded the ouster and expulsion of King [[Farouk of Egypt|Farouq]]), and was sentenced to death ''[[trial in absentia|in absentia]]'' before the ruling was commuted to life imprisonment.<ref name="memo" /><br />
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Akef was released in 1974 and was reappointed General Manager of Youth – a department affiliated to the Ministry of Reconstruction.<ref name="memo" /><br />
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He then moved to [[Riyadh]], Saudi Arabia to work as an advisor for the [[World Assembly of Muslim Youth]] and was in charge of its camps and conferences. He took part in organizing the biggest camps for the Muslim youth on the world arena; in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Turkey, Australia, Mali, Kenya, Cyprus, Germany, Britain and America.<ref name="memo" /><br />
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He assumed the position of Director of Islamic Centre in [[Munich]].<ref name="memo" /><br />
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He has been a member of the Steering Bureau (Guidance Bureau) of the Muslim Brotherhood, since 1987.<ref name="memo" /><br />
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He was elected Member of [[Parliament of Egypt|Parliament]] in 1987 for the East Cairo electoral constituency.<ref name="memo" /><br />
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In 1996, he was [[court martial|court-martialed]], charged with being head of the ''Muslim Brotherhood International Organization'', and was sentenced to three years. He was released in 1999.<ref name="memo" /><br />
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In 2005, he denounced what he called "the myth of the Holocaust" in defending Iranian president [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]]'s denial of the Holocaust, and accused the United States of attacking anyone who raised questions about [[the Holocaust]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4554986.stm "Egyptian Islamists deny Holocaust"]. [[BBC News]]. December 23, 2005.</ref><br />
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On October 19, 2009 Egyptian newspapers reported that Akef had resigned as the general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood after a dispute among various leaders in the group.<ref>[http://www.arabwestreport.info/HotNews.php?NId=171 Muslim Brotherhood General Guide Resigns] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091105174744/http://www.arabwestreport.info/HotNews.php?NId=171 |date=2009-11-05 }}, ''[[Arab-West Report]]'' October 20, 2009.</ref> However the following day reports on the Muslim Brotherhood website stated that Akef had not resigned and would continue to serve as the group's general guide until elections in January 2010.<ref>Yeranian, Edward [http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=21374 Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood denies reports of dissension]</ref><br />
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== Personal life==<br />
Akef's health deteriorated while he was imprisoned by the Egyptian authorities after the [[2013 Egyptian coup d'état]]; his daughter affirmed that he was isolated in the prison hospital and was only allowed a visit once a week, despite his old age and poor health.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=31411|title=Former Muslim Brotherhood Leader's Health Deteriorates in Prison Hospital|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113205045/http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=31411|archive-date=2013-11-13|url-status=dead}}</ref> His daughter is married to [[Mahmoud Ezzat]],<ref name="Today">{{Cite web|url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/91380/Muslim-Brotherhood-leader-Mahmoud-Ezzat-caught-after-7-years-on|title=Muslim Brotherhood leader Mahmoud Ezzat caught after 7 years on the run|date=August 29, 2020|website=[[Egypt Today]]}}</ref> with whom she has five children with.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mubasher.aljazeera.net/news/politics/2020/8/28/مصر-اعتقال-محمود-عزت-القائم-بأعمال |title=مصر.. اعتقال محمود عزت القائم بأعمال مرشد الإخوان<br />
|date=August 28, 2020|website=[[Al Jazeera]]}}</ref><br />
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== Death ==<br />
He died on 22 September 2017 at the age of 89.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.enca.com/life/former-egypt-brotherhood-leader-akef-dies-aged-89|title=Former Egypt Brotherhood leader Akef dies aged 89|website=www.enca.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/09/22/world/middleeast/ap-ml-egypt-obit-akef-.html|title=Former Leader of Muslim Brotherhood Mahdi Akef Dies at 89|agency=Associated Press|date=2017-09-22|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-09-22|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[History of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt]]<br />
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