Adly Yakan Pasha

Adly Yakan Pasha (18 January 1864 – 22 October 1933) (Arabic: عدلي يكن باشا‎), sometimes referred to as Adly Pasha, was an Egyptian political figure. He served as the 14th Prime Minister of Egypt between 1921 and 1922, again between 1926 and 1927, and finally in 1929. He held several prominent political posts including Foreign Minister, Interior Minister and Speaker of the Egyptian Senate.

Adly Yakan Pasha
عدلي يكن باشا
14th Prime Minister of Egypt
In office
4 October 1929 – 1 January 1930
MonarchFuad I
Preceded byMohamed Mahmoud Pasha
Succeeded byMostafa El-Nahas
In office
7 June 1926 – 26 April 1927
MonarchFuad I
Preceded byAhmad Ziwar Pasha
Succeeded byAbdel Khalek Sarwat Pasha
In office
16 March 1921 – 1 March 1922
MonarchFuad I
Preceded byMohamed Tawfik Naseem Pasha
Succeeded byAbdel Khalek Sarwat Pasha
Personal details
Born18 January 1864
Cairo, Eyalet of Egypt
Died22 October 1933(1933-10-22) (aged 69)
Paris, France
Political partyLiberal Constitutional Party
OccupationPolitician
Adly Yakan at the opening of the Luxor-Aswan rail line

Personal life

Yakan was of Turkish origin.[1][2]

He died in Paris, France. He was the great-grandnephew of Muhammad Ali Pasha.

References
  1. Hollingworth, Clare (2015), The Arabs and the West, Routledge, p. 10, ISBN 1317414020, The new prime minister, Adli Yeghen Pasha, one of the elite of Egyptians of Turkish descent...
  2. Rizk, Yunan Labib (2000), A Diwan of contemporary life (351): Ads: Mirror and catalyst, Al-Ahram, archived from the original on 20 September 2017, retrieved 18 September 2017, Perhaps the only exception to this phenomenon were such figures as Adli Yakan, Hussein Rushdi and Abdel-Khaleq Tharwat, all hailing from the Turkish aristocracy who never wore traditional Egyptian garb in the first place.
Political offices
Preceded by
Mohamed Tawfik Naseem Pasha		 Prime Minister of Egypt
1921–1922		 Succeeded by
Abdel Khalek Sarwat Pasha
Preceded by
Ahmed Zeiwar Pasha		 Prime Minister of Egypt
1926–1927		 Succeeded by
Abdel Khalek Sarwat Pasha
Preceded by
Mohamed Mahmoud Pasha		 Prime Minister of Egypt
1929–1930		 Succeeded by
Mostafa en-Nahas Pasha
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