The following is a list of presidents of al-Azhar University since its nationalization in 1961. The reforms brought about by Act 103 of 1961 were the most sweeping in al-Azhar's history. They led to the loss of al-Azhar's independence and its incorporation into the Egyptian educational system as a full university.
List Name Tenure Romanized Arabic Began End Muhammad Muhammad Amer el-Bahi محمد محمد عامر البهي 1961 1964 Ahmad Hasan el-Baquri أحمد حسن الباقوري 1964 1969 Badawi Abdel Latif Awad بدوي عبد اللطيف عوض 1969 1974 Muhammad Hasan Fayed محمد حسن فايد 1974 1979 Awad Allah Gad Higazi عوض الله جاد حجازي 1979 1980 Muhammad el-Tayyeb el-Naggar محمد الطيب النجار 1980 1983 Muhammad el-Sa'di Farhud محمد السعدي فرهود 1983 1987 Abdel Fattah Husseini el-Sheikh عبد الفتاح حسيني الشيخ 1987 1995 Ahmad Omar Hashem أحمد عمر هاشم 1995 2003 Ahmad Muhammad Ahmad el-Tayyeb أحمد محمد أحمد الطيب 2003 2010 Abdallah al-Husseini عبد الله الحسيني 2010 2011 Usama al-Abd أسامة العبد 2011 2014 Abdul Hai Azab عبد الحي عزب 2014 2015 Ibrahim Hodhod إبراهيم الهدهد 2015 2017 Ahmad Hasni أحمد حسني 26 February 2017 5 May 2017 Mohamed al-Mahrasawii محمد المحرصاوي 6 May 2017 present
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