Ali Sabri

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Ali Sabri
على صبرى
Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate
In office
1956–1957
PresidentGamal Abdel Nasser
Preceded byZakaria Mohieddin
Succeeded bySalah Nasr
Personal details
Born
Ali Sabri

(1920-08-30)30 August 1920
Cairo, Sultanate of Egypt
Died3 August 1991(1991-08-03) (aged 70)
Cairo, Egypt
ProfessionAristocrat, Military Officer, Politician, Intelligence Officer
Military service
Allegiance Egypt
Branch/service Egyptian Army
RankMarshal

Ali Sabri (

Arabic: على صبرى, IPA: [ˈʕæli ˈsˤɑbɾi]) (30 August 1920[1] – 3 August 1991)[2] was an Egyptian politician of Turkish origin.[3]

Family background

His parents, Dewlet Shamsi (mother) and Abbas-Baligh Sabri (father) were of Turkish-Circassian descent and belonged to the privileged class.

Ali Sabri was a grandson of nationalist Amin Shamsi Pasha (1833-1913) a member of the General Assembly and Provincial Council who in 1881-82 was a principal financial backer of

Khedive Tewfik
imprisoned Shamsi Pasha later releasing him on a hefty bail. He resumed his seat at the General Assembly until his death.

Sabri was also a nephew of Ali Shamsi Pasha (1885-1962) co-founder of the Wafd Party and a several-time minister during the reign of Fuad I of Egypt later to become the first Egyptian to head of the National Bank of Egypt which acted as the country's Central Bank.[4]

One of Ali Sabri's paternal grand-uncles was Mohammed Faizi Pasha (1840-1911), a director-general of the Awqaf Department during the reign of

Abbas Hilmi II
.

The trilingual Ali Sabri, along with his three brothers and one sister, was raised in the then-predominantly aristocratic and European Cairo suburb of Maadi and was an active member of its Sporting Club's tennis and swimming teams.[5]

Egyptian revolution and premiership

Sabri was one of the second row of

32nd Prime Minister of Egypt
from September 1962 to October 1965.

When

disputed – discuss
]

Sabri (first from right) with President Gamal Abdel Nasser, daughter Hoda Abdel Nasser and Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, 1966

Sabri was the vice-president and regarded as the no. 2 figure in Sadat's government. However shortly after Sadat came to power he was the most notable casualty of Sadat's "

Corrective Revolution", and was imprisoned.[citation needed
]

Regarded as a diehard socialist, he was often criticized for his upper-class background.[citation needed] Ali Sabri died in Cairo on 3 August 1991, aged 70.

Honour

Foreign honour

References

  1. ISBN 9780900362606
    .
  2. ^ "على صبرى فى ذاكرة مصر المعاصرة بمكتبة الإسكندرية". اليوم السابع. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  3. ISBN 1-55587-229-8
    .
  4. ^ Privileged for Three Centuries: The House of Shamsy Pasha, Elias Press, Cairo, 2011
  5. ^ Privileged for Three Centuries: the house of Shamsy Padha, Elias Presx, Cairo, 2011
  6. ^ "Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1965" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Československý řád Bílého lva 1923–1990" (PDF). prazskyhradarchiv.cz (in Czech). 28 January 2015. p. 159. Retrieved 6 May 2023.

External links

  • Media related to Ali Sabri at Wikimedia Commons
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Egypt
1962–1965 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Vice-President of Egypt
1965–1968 		Succeeded by