Mahmoud Fahmy El Nokrashy Pasha (April 26, 1888 – December 28, 1948) (, ) was an Egyptian

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. He was the twenty-seventh prime minister of the

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Early life and education

Nokrashy was born in

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on 26 April 1888 to a middle-class family. His father was an Egyptian accountant, and his mother, Hanifa was of

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origin. Nokrashy was a graduate of the Ras Al Tin high school.

Career

Nokrashy Pasha was a member of the Saadist Institutional Party (SIP) which supported a liberal monarchist programme. He was also a member of the secret apparatus of the

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, Egypt's then main nationalist party. King Farouk and El-Noqrashy Pasha

Nokrashy Pasha served as the

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twice. His first term was from 1945 to 1946 (he initially came to power after the murder of

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) and the second from 1946 to 1948. His second

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was a

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comprising members of the Saadist Institutional Party and the Liberal Constitutional Party. In 1948, Nokrashy Pasha became very concerned with the assertiveness and popularity of the

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. Rumours of a Brotherhood coup against the monarchy and government had appeared, and the Brotherhood had already been implicated in the killing of Nokrashy Pasha's predecessor. Shortly after these rumours first gained currency, the prime minister formally outlawed the Brotherhood in December 1948, and this led directly to his own assassination. In addition to the Brotherhood being officially declared an illegal organization, the assets of the Brotherhood were seized by the government and many Brotherhood members went to prison.

Assassination

Less than three weeks after these activities against the Brotherhood, Nokrashy Pasha was gunned down by Abdel Meguid Ahmed Hassan, who was a veterinary student at the University of King Fouad I and another member of the Brotherhood. The slaying occurred on 28 December 1948 at 10:00 am. Nokrashy Pasha was killed in the main building of the

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by Hassan, who was wearing the uniform of a lieutenant. Hassan shot him twice. This crime in turn led to the assassination (by the political police) of Muslim Brotherhood leader Hasan Al Banna on 12 February 1949: despite the fact that Banna had condemned the murder of the prime minister, and had publicly called it a terrorist act incompatible with Islam. Hassan was arrested after the murder, and confessed that he was a member of the Brotherhood. He reported that it was the prime minister's decision to crack down upon the Brotherhood that had motivated him to carry out the shooting. Found guilty at his trial, he was soon afterwards hanged; three men who had knowingly helped him plan the assassination were sentenced to penal servitude for life.

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