Ahmed Medhat Yeghen Pasha

Ahmed Medhat Yeghen Pasha
احمد مدحت يكن باشا
Minister of Agriculture
In office
9 April 1919 – 22 April 1919
Preceded byMohamed Shafik Pasha
Succeeded byAbdel Rahim Sabri Pasha
Minister of Endowments
In office
16 March 1921 – 24 December 1924
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
3 october 1929 – 1 January 1930
Preceded byHafez Afifi Pasha
Succeeded byWasif Boutros Ghali
Personal details
Born1878
Died1944
SpouseWahida Yehya Mansour Yeghen (d.1911)
Parent(s)Aly Haidar Yeghen (Father)
Malak Sayema Hanem (Mother)

Ahmed Medhat Yeghen Pasha (Arabic: احمد مدحت يكن باشا; 1878–1944) was an Egyptian politician who served as governor of Alexandria and minister of Agriculture. He was the co-founder of Banque Misr and its first chairman. He was a member of the Muhammed Ali Dynasty.

Early life and education

Ahmed Medhat Yeghen Pasha was born in 1878, and belongs to the Yeghen family, whose founder married the sister of Muhammad Ali Pasha.[1] He studied at the school founded by Khedive Tawfiq for his children, then he traveled to Geneva with Khedive Abbas, Prince Muhammad Ali, and Prince Kamal. When he returned to Egypt, he obtained a high school diploma, then he traveled to France and obtained a bachelor's degree in law.[2][3][4] After his return, he was appointed assistant prosecutor in the mixed courts. Boutros Ghali chose him as his private secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[2][3][4] He was then married to Wahida Mansur Yeghen, granddaughter of Isma’il through her mother Princess Tewhida Hanim, the eldest daughter of the Khedive.

Career

He became governor of Alexandria from 1917 until 1919.[3][5][6] He was appointed Minister of Agriculture in Hussein Roshdiy's fourth ministry (April 22, 1919).[7][8] He was one of the major land-owners, which qualified him to be one of the founders of the Banque Misr in 1920. He then became its first chairman from 1920 till 1940.[7][9] He held the position of Minister of Endowments in the First Ministry of Adly Yeghen (March 16, 1921 - December 24, 1921).[10] He was the first chairman of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Land Bank,[11] and a member of the Egyptian Economic Council, in 1922. He was a member of the Liberal Constitutional Party,[11] which was founded in 1922. He was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs during the third Ministry of Adly Yeghen (October 3, 1929, January 1, 1930),[12] and later became a member of the Senate.[3]

Death

He died in 1944.[7][3][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ al-Mursī, Ibrāhīm (2010). عدلي يكن: الأرستقراطية والحركة الوطنية المصرية [Adly Yeghen: Aristocracy and the Egyptian National Movement] (in Arabic). Dār al-kutub wa-al-waṯāʾiq al-qawmiyya, al-Qāhira. p. 60.
  2. ^ a b c "Ahmed Medhat Yeghen Pasha - Memory of Modern Egypt". modernegypt.bibalex.org. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  3. ^ a b c d e محافظو الإسكندرية: من خلال الوثائق الرسمية [Governors of Alexandria: Through official documents.] (in Arabic). General Organization of the Alexandria Library, GOAL, Bibliotheca Alexandrina. 2000. p. 72.
  4. ^ a b Mugahd, Zaky (1994). الأعلام الشرقية في المائة الرابعة عشرة الهجرية (in Arabic). p. 67.
  5. ^ El-Rafa'ay, And El-Rahman. ثورة 1919 [1919 revolution] (in Arabic). p. 311.
  6. ^ تاريخ الأسكندرية: نشأتها وحضارتها منذ أقدم العصور [History of Alexandria: its foundation and civilization since antiquity] (in Arabic). 1999. p. 233.
  7. ^ a b c Ziada, Mai. كتابات منسية [Forgotten writings] (in Arabic). p. 680.
  8. ^ "Ministry of Agriculture and land reclamation of Egypt - Former minister of Agriculture".
  9. ^ El-Abeedy, Salah. الدور الإقتصادي للبرجوازيين الوطنيين في المشرق العربي حتى ستينات القرن العشرين [The economic role of the national bourgeoisie in the Arab East until the 1960s] (in Arabic). p. 93.
  10. ^ Sedky, Ismail. مكذراتي [My memories] (in Arabic). p. 40.
  11. ^ a b Shalaq, Ahmad. حزب الأحرار الدستوريين 1922-1953 [Democratic Liberal Party 1922-1953] (in Arabic). pp. 120–124.
  12. ^ Karam, Fu'ud. الوزارات المصرية [Egyptian ministries] (in Arabic). p. 306.