Ali Sabri (, ; 30 August 1920 – 3 August 1991) was an Egyptian politician of Turkish origin.

Family background

His parents, Dewlet Shamsi (mother) and Abbas-Baligh Sabri (father) were of Turkish- Circassian descent and belonged to the privileged class. Ali Sabri was a grandson of nationalist Amin Shamsi Pasha, a member of the General Assembly and Provincial Council who in 1881-82 was a principal financial backer of Ahmed Urabi Pasha. Following the failure of what historian term the " Urabi Rebellion" of 1882, Khedive Tewfik imprisoned Shamsi Pasha later releasing him on a hefty bail. He resumed his seat at the General Assembly until his death. Sabri was also a nephew of Ali Shamsi Pasha, co-founder of the Wafd Party and a several-time minister during the reign of

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later to become the first Egyptian to head of the National Bank of Egypt which acted as the country's Central Bank. One of Ali Sabri's paternal grand-uncles was Mohammed Faizi Pasha, a director-general of the Awqaf Department during the reign of

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Abbas Hilmi II. The trilingual Ali Sabri, along with his three brothers and one sister, was raised in the then-predominantly aristocratic and European Cairo suburb of Maadi and was an active member of its Sporting Club's tennis and swimming teams.

Egyptian revolution and premiership

Sabri was one of the second row of

1952 revolution The Egyptian revolution of 1952, also known as the 1952 coup d'état () and the 23 July Revolution (), was a period of profound political, economic, and societal change in Egypt. On 23 July 1952, the revolution began with the toppling of King ...

officers, he was the head of Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate from 1956 to 1957. He was the 32nd Prime Minister of Egypt from September 1962 to October 1965. When

Gamal Abdel Nasser Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian military officer and revolutionary who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 a ...

died in 1970,

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was regarded as Gamal Abdel Nasser's most likely successor, but Sabri was regarded as the next most likely. Both

and Sabri had

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s which they survived at Gamal Abdel Nasser'sfuneral. Sabri was the vice-president and regarded as the no. 2 figure in Anwar Sadat's government. However shortly after

came to power he was the most notable casualty of Anwar Sadat's " Corrective Revolution", and was imprisoned. Regarded as a diehard socialist, he was often criticized for his upper-class background. Ali Sabri died in

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on 3 August 1991, aged 70.

Honour

Foreign honour

* Malaysia: ** Honorary Grand Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (SMN (K)) - Tun (1965) *

Czechoslovak Socialist Republic The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, (Czech language, Czech and Slovak language, Slovak: ''Československá socialistická republika'', ČSSR) known from 1948 to 1960 as the Czechoslovak Republic (''Československá republika)'', Fourth Czecho ...

: ** Order of the White Lion (25 September 1964)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sabri, Ali 1920 births 1991 deaths 20th-century prime ministers of Egypt Egyptian people of Turkish descent Vice-presidents of Egypt Arab Socialist Union (Egypt) politicians Free Officers Movement (Egypt) Honorary grand commanders of the Order of the Defender of the Realm Directors of the General Intelligence Directorate (Egypt) Recipients of the Order of the White Lion