Events in the year 1952 in

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

Events

* 27 January, Aly Maher Pasha became the Prime Minister of Egypt for the 3rd time. * 2 March, Aly Maher Pasha resigned.

Births

* 16 January,

Fuad II of Egypt Fuad II (, full name: Ahmed Fuad bin Farouk bin Ismail bin Ibrahim bin Muhammad Ali; born 16 January 1952), or alternatively Ahmed Fuad II, is a member of the Egyptian Muhammad Ali dynasty. He formally reigned as the last King of Egypt and the ...

, The last

King of Egypt and the Sudan King of Egypt and the Sudan ( ') was the title used by the Egyptian monarch from 16 October 1951 until the abolition of the monarchy on 18 June 1953. In 1951, the Egyptian Parliament of Egypt, Parliament amended the Constitution of Egypt, Constitu ...

from July 1952 to June 1953 * 4 March,

Saad El-Katatni Saad El-Katatni ( ar, سعد الكتاتني, alternatively spelled ''El-Katatny'' or ''Al-Katatni''; born 4 March 1952) is an Egyptian Islamist politician who has been the chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) since October 2012. F ...

, The first Speaker of the People's Assembly after the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. * 8 July,

Ahmed Nazif Ahmed Nazif ( ar, أحمد نظيف, ; born 8 July 1952) served as the Prime Minister of Egypt from 14 July 2004 to 29 January 2011, when his cabinet was dismissed by President Hosni Mubarak in light of a popular uprising that led to the Egyptian ...

, Prime Minister of Egypt from 14 July 2004 to 29 January 2011. * 15 August,

Ahmed Zulfikar Ahmed Mourad Salah El-Din Zulfikar (15 August 1952 – 1 May 2010) was an Egyptian mechanical engineer and entrepreneur. He worked for three decades in the field of infrastructure. Zulfikar was one of the first founders of the modern irrigation s ...

, Mechanical Engineer and Entrepreneur. * 20 August,

Youssef Boutros Ghali Youssef Raouf Boutros-Ghali or YBG ( ar, يوسف رؤوف بطرس غالي; born 20 August 1952) is an Egyptian economist who served in the government of Egypt as Minister of Finance from 2004 to 2011. He was succeeded by Samir Radwan on 31 ...

, Minister of Finance from 2004 to 2011. * 20 October,

Sameh Shoukry Sameh Hassan Shoukry ( ar, سامح شكري; born 20 October 1952) is an Egyptian diplomat who has been Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt since 2014. Previously, Shoukry served as the Ambassador of Egypt to the United States from 2008 to ...

, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt since 2014. * 4 November,

Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria Pope Tawadros II or Theodore II ( cop, Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲑⲉⲟ́ⲇⲱⲣⲟⲥ ⲡⲓⲙⲁϩ ⲃ̅', translit=Papa Abba Theódōros II ; ar, البابا تواضروس الثاني, translit=al-Bābā Tawāḍurūs al-Th ānī, ...

, the 118th and current pope of Alexandria and patriarch of the See of St. Mark.

Deaths

* 5 August,

Sameera Moussa Sameera Moussa () (March 3, 1917 – August 5, 1952) was the first female Egyptian nuclear physicist. Sameera held a doctorate in atomic radiation. She hoped her work would one day lead to affordable medical treatments and the peaceful use of ...

, the first female Egyptian nuclear physicist.

References

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