Tigrane Pasha | |
Office: | 9th Foreign Minister of Egypt |
Term Start: | 14 May 1891 |
Term End: | 15 April 1894 |
Predecessor: | Zulfikar Pasha |
Successor: | Mostafa Fahmy Pasha |
Death Date: | 27 July 1904 (aged 57) |
Death Place: | Evian-les-Bains, France |
Tigrane Pasha (ar|تكران باشا (Dikran) (d. 27 July 1904, Evian-les-Bains) was an Egyptian-Armenian politician and the ninth Foreign Minister of Egypt. He served as Foreign Minister from 1891 to 1894, under three Prime Ministers.
Tigrane was a nephew of the powerful statesman Nubar Pasha. He received a European education, and was less than fluent in Arabic and Turkish.[1] In 1865, his uncle appointed him to the railway administration. In 1878, he was secretary general of the Council of Ministers during his uncle's first term as prime minister.[2]