Hussein Fakhry Pasha Explained

Order:8th Prime Minister of Egypt
Birth Date:1843
Death Date:1920
Term Start:15 January 1893
Term End:17 January 1893
Predecessor:Mustafa Fahmi Pasha
Successor:Riyad Pasha
Hussein Fakhry
Honorific Suffix:Pasha KCMG

Hussein Fakhry Pasha KCMG (1843-1920) was the Prime Minister of Egypt for two days during the Khedivate of Egypt.[1] He was Prime Minister from January 15, 1893 to January 17, 1893.[1] He had previously served as a cabinet minister.[2] He was Minister of Public Works during the building of the Aswan Low Dam[3] and was appointed an Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in December 1902.

Personal life

He was of Turkish origin. His son, Mahmoud Fakhry, served as the minister of finance and minister of foreign affairs during the 1920s.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former Prime Ministers. Cabinet of Ministers. 4 March 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101214034914/http://cabinet.gov.eg/Cabinet/Former.aspx. 14 December 2010.
  2. Book: Harrison, Thomas Skelton. The homely diary of a diplomat in the East, 1897-1899. 1917. Houghton Mifflin. 351. Hossein Fakhri Pasha..
  3. Book: de Guerville . A. B. . New Egypt . 1905 . Heinemann . 227–228 .
  4. Web site: Fuad l, 1922-1936, Mint State, Complete. NGC Registry. 30 April 2022.