Adly Yakan Pasha Explained

Adly Yakan Pasha
Order:14th
Office:Prime Minister of Egypt
Term Start:4 October 1929
Term End:1 January 1930
Predecessor:Mohamed Mahmoud Pasha
Successor:Mostafa El-Nahas
Term Start2:7 June 1926
Term End2:26 April 1927
Monarch2:Fuad I
Predecessor2:Ahmad Ziwar Pasha
Successor2:Abdel Khalek Sarwat Pasha
Term Start3:16 March 1921
Term End3:1 March 1922
Monarch3:Fuad I
Predecessor3:Mohamed Tawfik Naseem Pasha
Successor3:Abdel Khalek Sarwat Pasha
Birth Date:18 January 1864
Birth Place:Cairo, Eyalet of Egypt
Death Place:Paris, France
Party:Liberal Constitutional Party
Occupation:Politician
Native Name Lang:ar

Adly Yakan Pasha (Arabic: عدلي يكن باشا; 18 January 1864  - 22 October 1933), sometimes referred to as Adly Pasha, was an Egyptian political figure. He served as the 14th prime minister of Egypt between 1921 and 1922, again between 1926 and 1927, and finally in 1929. He held several prominent political posts including foreign minister, interior minister and Speaker of the Egyptian Senate.

Personal life

Yakan was of Turkish origin.

He was made an honorary KCMG in the 1918 New Year Honours.

He died in Paris, France. He was the great-grandnephew of Muhammad Ali Pasha.