Hussein Refki Pasha

Hussein Refki Pasha Ahmed Hafez Mohammed Hafez (Arabic: حسين رفقي باشا ‎; 1876–1950) was an Egyptian military general and politician who served as Egypt's 25th Minister of War and Marine.

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Hussein Refki

Pasha
25th War and Marine Minister of Egypt
In office
December 1937 – April 1938
MonarchFarouk
Prime MinisterMuhammad Mahmoud Pasha
Preceded byAhmed Hamdi Seif al-Nasr Pasha
Succeeded byHassan Sabry Pasha
Member of the Senate
In office
1939 – ?
MonarchFarouk
Chief ADC to the King of Egypt
MonarchFuad I
Farouk
Succeeded byOmar Fathi Pasha
Personal details
Born1876
Cairo, Egypt
Died1950 (aged 73–74)
Cairo, Egypt
NationalityEgyptian
Spouse(s)Zeinab Khanum Said Agha
ChildrenHafez
Alma materRoyal Military School
Military service
Allegiance Kingdom of Egypt
Sultanate of Egypt
Khedivate of Egypt
Branch/service Egyptian Army
Rank Lieutenant-General
CommandsKing's Military Household (Egypt)

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 of Egypt.[1] Refki later became a senator in the Egyptian Senate (Arabic: مجلس الشيوخ‎; Majlis-al-Shuyukh), the upper-house of the Egyptian Parliament (dissolved in 1956).[2] Prior to his political career, Refki served in the royal court as Chief Aide-de-Camp (Arabic: كبير الياوران‎; Kebeer-al-Yawaran) to kings Fuad I and Farouk. As Chief Aide-de-Camp, Refki commanded the King's Military Household (predecessor to the Republican Guard of Egypt), which included the royal guard and other elite military formations.[3] A street is named for Refki in the Sarayat El-Quba neighbourhood of Heliopolis, Cairo.[4]

Family

Hussein Refki Pasha was born in Cairo, Egypt, to an aristocratic Turco-Egyptian family of statesmen and military officers.[3] Refki's grandfather, Mehmet Hafiz Pasha, was an Ottoman military commander who served as Serasker of the army, as Wali (governor) of Bosnia, Diyarbekir Eyalet, Sivas Eyalet, Erzurum Eyalet, Konya, Ionnina, Skopje, Erdine, and Mosul, and as Sheikh Al-Haram (civil governor) of Medina. Refki's father, Ahmed Hafez Bey, and Refki's brother, Hassan Hafez Pasha, both served as career officers in the Egyptian Army.[3]

Refki’s 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: مجلس القضاء الاعلى‎; Majlis al-Qada' al-A'la), and Vice-President of Egypt's Court of Cassation (Arabic: محكمة النقض‎; Mahkamat-al-Naqd), Egypt's highest appellate court. Refki's nephew, Chancellor Fouad Hafez, was President of the Egyptian Court of Appeals in Cairo (Arabic: 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 of Egypt. Since the 1930s Refki and his patrilineal descendants have used the surname "Refky" or "Refki."

Awards and Honours

References
  1. 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. 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. 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.
  4. El-Lewa Hussein Refki Street. Sarayat El Koba, Cairo, Egypt. Map of El-Koba, Cairo. 2009. Google Maps.
Preceded by
Ahmed Hamdi Seif Al Nasr		 Minister of War and Marine of Egypt
December 1937 – April 1938		 Succeeded by
Hassan Sabry Pasha


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