Sahib-ul-Ma'ali Hussein Refki Pasha | |
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25th War and Marine Minister of Egypt | |
In office December 1937 – April 1938 | |
Monarch | Farouk I |
Prime Minister | Muhammad Mahmoud Pasha |
Preceded by | Ahmed Hamdi Seif al-Nasr Pasha |
Succeeded by | Hassan Sabry Pasha |
Member of the Senate of Egypt | |
In office 1939 – ? | |
Chief Aide-de-Camp to the King of Egypt | |
Monarch | Fuad I Farouk I |
Succeeded by | Omar Fathi Pasha |
Personal details | |
Born | 1876 Cairo, Egypt |
Died | 1950 (aged 73–74) Cairo, Egypt |
Nationality | Egyptian |
Spouse(s) | Zeinab Khanum Said Agha |
Children | Hafez Refky |
Alma mater | Royal Military School |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Military service | |
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Commands | Military Household of the King (Egypt) |
Hussein Refki Pasha Ahmed Hafez Mohammed Hafez (Arabic language: حسين رفقي باشا ; 1876–1950) was an Egyptian military general and political figure. He served as Egypt's 25th Minister of War and Marine.
Career[]
Hussein Refki Pasha served as Egypt's Minister of War and Marine from December 1937 to April 1938, during the early reign of King Farouk I of Egypt.[1] Refki later became a senator in the Egyptian Senate (Arabic language: مجلس الشيوخ; Majlis-al-Shuyukh), the former (dissolved in 1956) upper-house of the Egyptian Parliament.[2] Prior to his political career, Refki served in the royal court as Chief Aide-de-Camp (Arabic language: كبير الياوران; Kebeer-al-Yawaran) to King Fuad I of Egypt, in which capacity he commanded the Military Household of the King (predecessor to the modern-day Republican Guard of Egypt), the royal guard, and other elite military formations.[3] A street is named for Refki in the Sarayat El-Quba neighborhood of Heliopolis, Cairo.[4]
Family[]
Hussein Refki Pasha is a member of the Hafez family of Egypt. The Hafez family is an aristocratic Turco-Egyptian family with a prominent history, having produced many Pashas and Beys before the Egyptian Revolution of 1952.[3] Refki's father, Ahmed Hafez Pasha, and Refki's brothers, Major-Generals Hassan Hafez Pasha and Mohammed Hafez Pasha, all held high commands in the Egyptian Army.[3] The family has also produced several eminent Egyptian judges. Refki's only child, Chancellor Hafez Refky, was a member of Egypt's Supreme Judicial Council (Arabic language: مجلس القضاء الاعلى; Majlis al-Qada' al-A'la), and Vice-President of Egypt's Court of Cassation (Arabic language: محكمة النقض; Mahkamat-al-Naqd), Egypt's highest appellate court. Refki's nephew, Chancellor Fouad Hafez, was also a member of Egypt's Supreme Judicial Council, and President of the Judiciary of Egypt|Egyptian Court of Appeals in Cairo (Arabic language: محكمة استئناف القاهرة; Mahkamat Isti'naf al-Qahirah).
Hussein Refki Pasha is related to the Muhammad Ali Dynasty of Egypt through his mother, who is directly descended from the dynasty's founder, Muhammad Ali Pasha. Since the 1930s, Refki and his patrilineal descendants have used the surname "Refky" or "Refki."
Awards and honors[]
Grand Cordon Order of Ismail [2]
Grand Cordon Order of the Nile [2]
Knight Grand Cross Order of the Crown of Italy [2]
Knight Grand Cross Order of the Star of Ethiopia
Honor Medal of Syrian Merit, First Class [2]
Honor Medal of Lebanese Merit, First Class [2]
Grand Officer Order of Leopold II
Chief ADC to H.M. King Fuad I of Egypt [2]
References[]
- ↑ Preston,Paul. Partridge, Michael. Woodward, Peter. British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print. 1999. Great Britain. Foreign Office.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Soria, L. Blattner, E.J. Le Mondain Egyptien (The Egyptian Who's Who): L'Annuaire De L'Elite D'Egypte. 1941. Cairo: [s.n.]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Soria, L. Blattner, E.J. Le Mondain Egyptien (The Egyptian Who's Who): L'Annuaire De L'Elite D'Egypte. 1936. Cairo: Thuilot Vincent & Cie.
- ↑ El-Lewa Hussein Refki Street. Sarayat El Koba, Cairo, Egypt. Map of El-Koba, Cairo. 2009. Google Maps.
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