Mahmoud Shokry (, , also transliterated as Mahmoud Shoukry or Mahmoud Shukri), was a

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of the

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with the rank of Fariq (

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). He was appointed by

King Farouk Farouk I (; ''Fārūq al-Awwal''; 11 February 1920 – 18 March 1965) was the tenth ruler of Egypt from the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and the Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936 and reigning until his ...

after the signing of the

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which led to the withdrawal of

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forces from

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. He has a street in the heart of

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named after him.

References

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