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.[1] They led to the loss of al-Azhar's independence and its incorporation into the Egyptian educational system as a full university.[2]
| 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 | |