Kamel Sidky Explained

Office:Minister of Finance
Primeminister:Mustafa El Nahas
Term Start:May 1942
Term End:2 June 1943
Predecessor:Makram Ebeid
Successor:Amin Osman
Birth Date:March 1885
Party:Wafd Party

Kamel Sidky (Arabic: كامل صدقي; 1885–1946) was an Egyptian lawyer. He was the minister of finance between 1942 and 1943.

Early life and education

Sidky hailed from a Coptic family.[1] He was born in March 1885.[2]

Career and activities

Sidky was a long-term vice president of the Egyptian National Bar. He was named as the head of the Bar in 1936.[2] He was also a long-term member of the Coptic Community Council where he served until 1942. He was made a senator and was part of the Egyptian delegations in the International Parliamentary Congresses held in 1928 and in 1930.[3]

Sidky joined the Wafd Party on 2 December 1932.[3] He was made the vice president of the Egyptian Parliament in 1934.[3] He was appointed minister of commerce and industry in February 1942 to the cabinet led by Mostafa El Nahas.[3] Sidky was also named as the minister of finance in May 1942 when Makram Ebeid was removed from office.[3] On the same date Sidky was awarded with the title Pasha.[3] His both ministerial tenures ended in June 1943.[3] Then he was appointed president of the State Audit on 2 June 1943.[2] His succeeded Amin Osman in the post who in turn, succeeded Sidky as minister of finance.[2] Sidky headed the State Audit until his retirement on 1 March 1945.[2]

Death

Sidky died in 1946.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Donald Malcolm Reid. Alain Roussillon. Entre réforme sociale et mouvement national: Identité et modernisation en Égypte (1882-1962). 1995. CEDEJ. Cairo. 978-2-905838-70-4. 311–335 . https://doi.org/10.4000/books.cedej.1422. 10.4000/books.cedej.1422. Archeology, Social Reform, And Modern Identity Among The Copts (1854-1952).
  2. Web site: Ali Abdel Jawad. كامل صدقي باشا.. نقيب المحامين الذي أطلق مشروع قانون حصانة المحامي. egyls.com. 2 April 2020. ar. 6 February 2024.
  3. Web site: Leading personalities in Egypt. Gamal Abdel Nasser Digital Archive - Bibliotheca Alexandrina. 38. 8 October 1946. Citing British Embassy Cairo Documents.