Ahmad Maher Pasha (1888 – 24 February 1945) (Arabic: أحمد ماهر باشا) was an Egyptian politician from the Saadist Institutional Party who served as Prime Minister of Egypt from October 1944 to February 1945.
Ahmad Maher Pasha | |
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أحمد ماهر باشا | |
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| Born | 1888 |
| Died | 24 February 1945 (aged 56–57) |
Maher Pasha was Minister of Finance in 1938.[1] He was the prime minister from 10 October 1944 to 24 February 1945. He was appointed the removal of Mustafa an-Nahhas Pasha by King Farouk of Egypt.
Maher Pasha declared war against the Axis powers in World War II. Immediately after this announcement, he was assassinated in Parliament by a 26-year-old Egyptian lawyer named Mahmud Issawi.[2] Issawi was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death by hanging. However, he died while on a hunger strike on death row 23 August 1945.[3]
References
edit- ^ Goldschmidt Jr., Arthur (2003). Historical Dictionary of Egypt. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6586-0.
- ^ "Aḥmad Māhir | Egyptian leader, reformer, statesman". Britannica. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ "Egypt Premier's Slayer Succumbs". LA Evening Citizen News. Vol. 41, no. 124 (2 ed.). 23 August 1945. Retrieved 2024-04-13 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- "War & Death". Time. 5 March 1945. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
- "Egyptian Premier Slain in Chamber". The New York Times, 25 February 1945.
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