Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha

Mahmoud Fahmi an Nukrashi Pasha
Prime Minister of Egypt
In office 9 December 1946 – 28 December 1948
Monarch	King Farouk
Preceded by	Ismail Sedki Pasha
Succeeded by	Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha
In office 26 February 1945 – 17 February 1946
Monarch	King Farouk
Preceded by	Ahmad Mahir Pasha
Succeeded by	Ismail Sedki Pasha
Personal details
Born	1888
Died	28 December 1948 (aged 60-61)
Nationality	Egyptian

Mahmoud Fahmi an Nukrashi Pasha (1888 - 28 December 1948) (Arabic: محمود فهمى النقراشى باشا‎, IPA: [mæħˈmuːd ˈfæhmi (e)nnoʔˈɾˤɑːʃi ˈbæːʃæ]) was an Egyptian political figure. He was the second prime minister of the Kingdom of Egypt.^[1]

Career

Nukrashi Pasha was a member of the Saadist Institutional Party (SIP) which supported a liberal monarchist programme.^[2][3] He was also a member of the secret apparatus of the Wafd Party, Egypt's then main nationalist party.^[4]

Nukrashi Pasha served as the prime minister of Egypt twice. His first term was from 1945 to 1946, and the second from 1946 to 1948.^[1] In 1948, Nukrashi Pasha became very concerned with the assertiveness and popularity of the Muslim Brotherhood.^[5] Rumours of a Brotherhood coup against the monarchy and government had appeared.^[5] Shortly after these rumours, he outlawed the Brotherhood in December 1948, leading to his assassination.^[5][6][7] In addition, the assets of the group were seized and many of its members incarcerated.^[7]

Assassination

Less than three weeks after these activities against the Brotherhood, Nukrashi Pasha was assassinated by Abdel Meguid Ahmed Hassan who was a veterinary student at the University of King Fouad I and a member of the Brotherhood on 28 December 1948 at 10:00 am.^{[5][7][8][9][10]} He was killed in the main building of the Ministry of Interior by Hassan who was wearing the uniform of a lieutenant.^[10] Hassan shot him twice.^[10] His assassination in turn led to the assassination of Hasan Al Banna on 12 February 1949, a month and a half later, though Banna had condemned the assassination as a terrorist act incompatible with Islam.^[5]

The assassin was arrested after the murder, and confessed that he was a member of the Brotherhood.^[10] He reported that he killed Nukrashi Pasha due to his reaction to the group and his orders to dissolve the group.^[10] He was hanged after the trial and three men who had helped him were sentenced to penal servitude for life.^[10]

References

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8. Abed-Kotob, Sana (August 1995). "The Accommodationists Speak: Goals and Strategies of the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt". International Journal of Middle East Studies 27 (3): 321–339. doi:10.1017/s0020743800062115. JSTOR 176254.
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10. Jabr, Karam (1999). "Two Swords.. with the Qur’an in between!". Arab West Reports. Retrieved 24 December 2012.