Umar al-Tilmisani

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Umar al-Tilmisani عمر التلمساني
3rd General Guide of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
In office 11 November 1973 – 22 May 1986
Preceded by	Hassan al-Hudaybi
Succeeded by	Muhammad Hamid Abu al-Nasr
Personal details
Born	(1904-11-04)4 November 1904 Cairo, Egypt
Died	22 May 1986(1986-05-22) (aged 81) Cairo, Egypt

'Umar al-Tilmisani , also Omar el-tilmisany (Arabic: عمر التلمساني, IPA: [ˈʕomɑɾˤ et.telmeˈsæːni]; most often transliterated as Omar el Telmesany or Telmesani ) (4 November 1904 – 22 May 1986) was the third General Guide (Murshid al-'Am) of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. He headed the Egyptian Islamist organization from 1972 until 1986. Al-Tilmisani headed the Muslim Brotherhood during a period of cooperation and, some observers suggest, cooptation by the Egyptian state. While the Brothers were not precisely legal during Tilmisani's term, they were tolerated and encouraged by Egypt's former President Sadat as a bulwark against both leftist opponents and more Islamists.