Adly_Yakan_Pasha

Adly Yakan Pasha

Adly Yakan Pasha

Prime Minister of Egypt (1921–1922, 1926–1927, 1929–1930)

Adly Yakan Pasha (Arabic: عدلي يكن باشا; 18 January 1864 – 22 October 1933), 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.

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Adly Yakan at the opening of the Luxor-Aswan rail line

Personal life

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

He was made an honorary KCMG in the 1918 New Year Honours.

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

References

  1. [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. [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.
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