Second Cabinet of Nokrashy Pasha

The second cabinet formed by Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha lasted between December 1946 and December 1948.[1] It succeeded the cabinet led by Ismail Sidky who resigned from the premiership on 8 December 1946.[2] Next day King Farouk asked Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha, head of the Saadist Institutional Party, to form the cabinet which was announced on 10 December.[2] The cabinet was a coalition government comprising members of the Saadist Institutional Party and the Liberal Constitutional Party and was confirmed by the Parliament on 16 December with 150 confidence against 21 objection votes.[2]

Second Cabinet of Nokrashy Pasha

Cabinet of Kingdom of Egypt
Prime Minister Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha
Date formed10 December 1946 (1946-12-10)
Date dissolved28 December 1948 (1948-12-28)
People and organisations
Head of stateKing Farouk
Head of governmentMahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha
Member party
Opposition partyWafd Party
History
PredecessorCabinet of Ismail Sidky
SuccessorCabinet of Ibrahim Abdel Hady Pasha

One of the significant tasks carried out by the government was the continuation of the negotiations with the British authorities to finalize the independence of Sudan as proposed by the British.[3] As his predecessor, Ismail Sidky, Nokrashy Pasha could not settle the issue.[3] On 28 December 1948 Prime Minister Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha was assassinated,[1] and Ibrahim Abdel Hady Pasha was appointed prime minister.[4]

List of ministers edit

The cabinet members were as follows:[2]

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister10 December 19461948 Saadist
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha
10 December 19461948 Saadist
Minister of Finance10 December 194618 February 1947 Saadist
Abdel Majid Badr Pasha
18 February 19471948 
Minister of Interior
Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha
10 December 19461948 Saadist
Minister of Defense
Ahmed Atiyah Pasha
10 December 19461948 Liberal Constitutional Party
Minister of Education
Abdel Razzaq Al Sanhuri Pasha
10 December 19461948 Saadist
Minister of Commerce
Abdel Majid Badr Pasha
10 December 194618 February 1947 Saadist
Mahmoud Riaz
18 February 19471948 
Minister of Social Affairs
Mahmoud Hasan Pasha
10 December 19461948 Saadist
Minister of Public Health
Najib Iskandar Pasha
10 December 19461948 Saadist
Minister of Justice
Ahmad Khashaba Pasha
10 December 19461948 Liberal Constitutional Party
Minister of Public Works
Abdel Majid Salih Pasha
10 December 19461948 Liberal Constitutional Party
Minister of Agriculture
Ahmad Abdel Ghaffar Pasha
10 December 19461948 Liberal Constitutional Party
Minister of Information
Ibrahim Dessuki Abaza Pasha
10 December 19461948 Liberal Constitutional Party

Muhammad Alluba Pasha was appointed the minister of waqf, but he declined the offer due to his objection to the government program.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Maḥmūd Fahmī al-Nuqrāshī". Encyclopædia Britannica.
  2. ^ a b c d e William M. Steen (April 1947). "Developments of the Quarter: Comment and Chronology December 1, 1946-February 28, 1947". The Middle East Journal. 1 (2): 192–195. JSTOR 4321861.
  3. ^ a b Sidney B. Fay (August 1947). "Egypt and the Arab League". Current History. 13 (72): 83. JSTOR 45309291.
  4. ^ "Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Is Dead at 82; Served as Premier Under Farouk". The New York Times. Reuters. 19 February 1981. Retrieved 25 February 2022.