Sherif Sabri
Pasha
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(), born in Cairo in 1895, was the brother of
Nazli Sabri,
Queen consort of
Egypt
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. He was thus the maternal uncle of Nazli's son
King Farouk I, and served on the three-member
Regency Council that was formed in 1936-37 during the latter's minority. Sherif Pasha Sabri was 41 years old at the time, and had previously held the post of Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs.
Biography
He was educated at Khedivial School of Law, in Cairo.
He was born in 1895, in
Cairo
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. His other sister was Amina Sabri.
On 30 September 1946, Sherif Sabri Pasha was asked to become
Prime Minister
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and head a new
cabinet
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. However, he never became premier and
Ismail Sidqi Pasha remained Prime Minister until 9 December 1946.
Sherif Sabri Pasha headed the
Royal Egyptian Geographic Society from May 1946 till March 1955. Like his sisters Nazli and Amina, he was a grandson of Egypt's three-time prime minister
Mohamed Sherif Pasha
Mohamed Sherif Pasha GCSI (1826–1887) ( ar, محمد شريف باشا) was an Egyptian statesman. He served as Prime Minister of Egypt three times during his career. His first term was between April 7, 1879 and August 18, 1879. His second term ...
who was of
Turkish
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origin, as well as a great-grandson of
Napoleon Bonaparte's colonel
Soliman Pasha al-Faransawi.
In 1922 he married to Naila
Khanum, only daughter of Adly Yeghen Pasha by his wife, Zainab Khanum.
Positions
* Director-General of
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(1925-1929).
* Under-Secretary of State (1929-1933).
* Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (1933-1936).
* Member of the Regency Council (1936-1937).
* President of the
Royal Egyptian Geographic Society (1946-1955).
* President of the Supreme Council of the
Arab Museum.
* President of Egyptian Shipping Company.
* President of Egyptian Construction and Engineering Company.
* President of Nile Insurance Company.
See also
*
Sherif
References
1895 births
Year of death missing
Egyptian Muslims
20th-century Regents of Egypt
Regents of Egypt
Egyptian pashas
Egyptian people of French descent
Egyptian people of Greek descent
Egyptian people of Turkish descent
Grand Crosses of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
Grand Crosses of the Order of the Dannebrog
Recipients of the Grand Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
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