Hussein Roshdy Pasha

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{{Short description|Prime Minister of Egypt (1914–1919)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Hussein Roshdy Pasha
| native_name = {{nobold|حسين رشدي باشا}}
| image = File:Hussein Roushdi.jpg
| order = 11th
| office = Prime Minister of Egypt
| term_start = 5 April 1914
| term_end = 12 April 1919
| monarch = [[Abbas II of Egypt|Abbas II]] <br> [[Hussein Kamel of Egypt|Hussein Kamel]] <br> [[Fuad I of Egypt|Fuad I]]
| predecessor = [[Mohamed Said Pasha]]
| successor = Mohamed Said Pasha
| birth_date = 1863
| death_date = {{Death year and age|1928|1863}}
| spouse = [[Eugénie Le Brun|Eugenie Le Brun]]
| caption = Roshdy in 1914
| native_name_lang = ar
| honorific_suffix = [[GCMG]]
}}
'''Hussein Pasha Roshdy''' [[GCMG]] (1863–1928) ({{langx|ar|حسين رشدي باشا}}) was an Egyptian [[political figure]] of [[Turkish people|Turkish]] origin<ref>{{cite book|last=Goldschmidt|first=Arthur|year=2000|title=Biographical dictionary of modern Egypt|publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers|page=[https://archive.org/details/00jrgo/page/169 169]|isbn=1-55587-229-8|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/00jrgo/page/169}}</ref><ref>{{citation|last1=Rizk|first1=Yunan Labib|year=2000|title=A Diwan of contemporary life (351): Ads: Mirror and catalyst|url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/Archive/2000/495/chrncls.htm|publisher=[[Al-Ahram]]|access-date=18 September 2017|quote=Perhaps the only exception to this phenomenon were such figures as [[Adly Yakan Pasha|Adli Yakan]], Hussein Rushdi and [[Abdel Khalek Sarwat Pasha|Abdel-Khaleq Tharwat]], all hailing from the Turkish aristocracy who never wore traditional Egyptian garb in the first place.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920043841/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/Archive/2000/495/chrncls.htm|archive-date=20 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
who served as [[Prime Minister of Egypt]] between 1914 and 1919.

== Biography ==
Born in family origins of which are in [[Kavala]]. His great grandfather Topuzoglou (also pronounced as 'Tabuzoglu' which in Turkish means 'Son of Cannon' and indicates linear descent from [[janissary]]) who came with [[Muhammad Ali of Egypt]] and for his success against [[Alexandria expedition of 1807|British invasion in Rosetta]] was appointed by him with governorship of [[Alexandria]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Hasan|first=Sana|year=1986|title=Enemy in Promised Land: An Egyptian Woman's Journey into Israel|location= New York|publisher=Shoken books|page=31|isbn=0-8052-0853-4}}</ref>

Served as last Prime Minister of [[Khedivate of Egypt]] till 19 December [[1914]] and continued in his office as the first Prime Minister of [[Sultanate of Egypt]].
Under pressure from British authorities, Roshdy issued a “Decision of the Council of Ministers” which essentially declared war against the [[Central Powers]] in the [[First World War]]. He was later forced to resign for failing to resolve a strike by government officials demanding mandatory recognition of the Egyptian delegation by the cabinet and the withdrawal of British sentries and guards.<ref>*Carman, Harry J. (Mar. 1921). “England and the Egyptian Problem”. Political Science Quarterly 36(1), 51-78.</ref>

He was married to a daughter of the Ottoman sultan's chief of staff after a first marriage to [[Eugénie Le Brun]]. His sister was married to Hasan Pasha Mahmoud, dean of the Faculcy of Medicine at [[Cairo University]] and king's private physician.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hasan|first=Sana|year=1986|title=Enemy in Promised Land: An Egyptian Woman's Journey into Israel|location= New York|publisher=Shoken books|page=31|isbn=0-8052-0853-4}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==See also==
*[[Eugénie Le Brun]]

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