Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha

Mahmoud Fahmy El Nokrashy PashaTemplate:Efn (April 26, 1888 – December 28, 1948) (Template:Langx, Template:IPA) was an Egyptian political figure. He was the twenty-seventh prime minister of the Kingdom of Egypt.<ref name=terra>Template:Cite web</ref>

Early life and education

Nokrashy was born in Alexandria on 26 April 1888 to a middle-class family. His father was an Egyptian accountant, and his mother, Hanifa was of Turkish origin.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> Nokrashy was a graduate of the Ras Al Tin high school.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Career

Nokrashy Pasha was a member of the Saadist Institutional Party (SIP) which supported a liberal monarchist programme.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=about>Template:Cite web</ref> He was also a member of the secret apparatus of the Wafd Party, Egypt's then main nationalist party.<ref name=reid>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Nokrashy Pasha and King Farouk in an official visit, 1947

Nokrashy Pasha served as the prime minister of Egypt twice. His first term was from 1945 to 1946 (he initially came to power after the murder of Ahmad Mahir Pasha) and the second from 1946 to 1948.<ref name=terra/> His second cabinet was a coalition government comprising members of the Saadist Institutional Party and the Liberal Constitutional Party.<ref name=wms47>Template:Cite journal</ref>

In 1948, Nokrashy Pasha became very concerned with the assertiveness and popularity of the Muslim Brotherhood.<ref name=Quilliam>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref name=Quilliam/> 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.<ref name=Quilliam/><ref name=gordon>Template:Cite journal</ref> 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.<ref name=Quilliam/><ref name=abed>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name=aljaz>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=jabr>Template:Cite journal</ref> Nokrashy Pasha was killed in the main building of the Ministry of Interior by Hassan, who was wearing the uniform of a lieutenant.<ref name=jabr/> Hassan shot him twice.<ref name=jabr/> 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.<ref name=Quilliam/>

Hassan was arrested after the murder, and confessed that he was a member of the Brotherhood.<ref name=jabr/> 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. <ref name=jabr/> 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.<ref name=jabr/>

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