Ahmad Maher Pasha

Prime Minister of Egypt (1944–1945)

For other people named Ahmad Pasha, see Ahmad Pasha (disambiguation).

Ahmad Maher Pasha

أحمد ماهر باشا

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Born| 1888
Died| 24 February 1945(1945-02-24) (aged 56–57)

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.

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

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1. ^ Goldschmidt Jr., Arthur (2003). Historical Dictionary of Egypt. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6586-0.
2. ^ "Aḥmad Māhir | Egyptian leader, reformer, statesman". Britannica. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
3. ^ "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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Political offices

Preceded by

Mostafa en-Nahhas Pasha

|  Prime Minister of Egypt
1944-1945  | Succeeded by

Mahmoud en-Nokrashy Pasha

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Prime ministers of Egypt (list)

Khedivate of Egypt
(1878–1914)|

* Nobar
* Isma'il1
* Tewfik
* Sherif
* Tewfik1
* Riaz
* Sherif
* Elbaroudi
* Raghib2
* Sherif
* Nobar
* Riaz
* Fahmi
* Fakhry
* Riaz
* Nobar
* Fahmi
* Ghaly
* Said
* Roshdy

Sultanate of Egypt
(1914–1922)|

* Roshdy
* Said
* Wahba
* Naseem
* Yakan

Kingdom of Egypt
(1922–1953)|

* Sarwat
* Naseem
* Y. Ibrahim
* Zaghloul
* Zeiwar
* Yakan
* Sarwat
* Nahas
* Mahmoud
* Yakan
* Nahas
* Sidky
* A. Yahya
* Naseem
* Aly Maher
* Nahas
* Mahmoud
* Aly Maher
* H. Sabry
* Sirri
* Nahas
* Ahmad Maher
* Nokrashy
* Sidky
* Nokrashy
* Hady
* Sirri
* Nahas
* Aly Maher
* Hilaly
* Sirri
* Hilaly
* Aly Maher
* Naguib3

Republic of Egypt
(1953–present)|

* Naguib3
* Nasser3
* Naguib3
* Nasser3,4
* A. Sabry4
* Z. Mohieddin4
* Sulayman4
* Nasser4
* Fawzi4
* A. Sedky
* Sadat
* Hegazy
* Salem
* Khalil
* Sadat
* Mubarak
* A. F. Mohieddin
* Aly
* Lotfy
* A. M. N. Sedky
* Ganzouri
* Ebeid
* Nazif
* Shafik
* Sharaf
* Ganzouri
* Qandil
* Beblawi1
* Mahlab
* Ismail
* Madbouly

Notes
^1 interim
^2 Urabi
^3 headed a government in rebellion, July–September 1882, beginning during Raghib's term
^4 UAR period

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