Mustafa Fahmi
Mustafa Fahmi | |
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![]() Mostafa Fahmy Pasha in 1906 | |
Prime Minister of Egypt | |
In office 12 May 1891 – 15 January 1893 | |
Monarch | Abbas II |
Preceded by | Riaz Pasha |
Succeeded by | Hussein Fahri Pasha |
In office 12 November 1895 – 12 November 1908 | |
Monarch | Tewfik Pasha |
Preceded by | Nubar Pasha |
Succeeded by | Boutros Ghali |
Personal details | |
Born | 11 June 1840 Crete, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 13 September 1914 Cairo, Sultanate of Egypt | (aged 74)
Military service | |
Rank | Lieutenant general |
Mustafa Fahmi Pasha (11 June 1840 – 13 September 1914) was an Egyptian military officer and politician who served as the prime minister of Egypt for two times.
Early life and education[]
Born in Crete in 1840 to a Turkish family that had earlier settled in Algeria, Fahmi's father was a colonel.[1] Fahmi graduated from the military academy.[1]
Career[]
After graduation, Fahmi joined the Egyptian army and later, he became a lieutenant general. He retired from the army and began to serve as a governor in different provinces, including Minuffiyya, Cairo and lastly, Port Said.[1] After serving in other low-profile public positions, he was appointed minister of public works in 1879. Then Fahmi served at different cabinet positions: minister of foreign affairs, minister of justice, minister of finance, minister of interior (three times) and minister of war and marine (two times).[1]
Fahmi was appointed prime minister on 12 May 1891, replacing Riaz Pasha in the post.[2] Fahmi remained in office for nearly two years and was sacked by Abbas II on 15 January 1893.[3] The Khedive dismissed him due to his over reliance on the British agency.[3] Hussein Fahri Pasha replaced Fahmi Pasha as prime minister.[3] Fahmi's second appointment as prime minister was on 12 November 1895, replacing Nubar Pasha in the post. Fahmi remained in the office until 12 November 1908, and Boutros Ghali replaced him as prime minister.[4]
Personal life and death[]
Fahmi's daughter, Safiya, was a political activist and a significant figure in the Egyptian society.[5] She married Saad Zaghlul in 1896.[6][7]
Fahmi died in Cairo on 13 September 1914.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Arthur Goldschmidt (2000). Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-55587-229-8.
- ^ M. W. Daly (10 December 1998). The Cambridge History of Egypt. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-521-47211-1.
- ^ a b c Mounah Abdallah Khouri (1971). Poetry and the Making of Modern Egypt: 1882-1922. Leiden: Brill Archive. p. 47. GGKEY:3JPP2EBRNW3.
- ^ Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. (1993). "The Butrus Ghali Family". Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt. 30: 185. doi:10.2307/40000236.
- ^ Ahmed Zaki Osman (8 March 2012). "Women's movement: A look back, and forward". Egypt Independent. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ^ Steven A. Cook (1 September 2011). The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-19-979532-1.
- ^ Albert Hourani (1962). Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age, 1798-1939. London: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511801990. ISBN 978-0-5118-0199-0.
External links[]
Media related to Mustafa Fahmi Pasha at Wikimedia Commons
- 19th-century prime ministers of Egypt
- 20th-century prime ministers of Egypt
- 1840 births
- 1914 deaths
- Egyptian generals
- Egyptian people of Turkish descent
- Government ministers of Egypt
- Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George