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Ahmed Abdel Wahab Pasha (1889–1938) was an Egyptian statesman who served as the minister of finance between 1934 and 1936.

Biography

Abdel Wahab was born in Bani Muhammad Al Shihabiyya, Asyut Governorate, in 1889. He was educated in Cairo and London.

Following his graduation Abdel Wahab worked as a lecturer at the Higher School of Commerce in Cairo. He was given the title Bey and headed a group of the Egyptian young technocrats called Thirty Club. In 1929 he was appointed undersecretary of state at the ministry of finance. In 1930 he was made a Pasha. He was a member of the Egyptian delegation to the World Economic Conference held in London between 12 June to 27 July 1933. On 15 November 1934 he was appointed minister of finance to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Mohamed Tawfik Naseem Pasha, replacing Hassan Sabry Pasha in the post. His term ended on 22 January 1936 when the cabinet resigned. In mid-January 1936 he was made the vice chairman of the newly founded Anglo-Egyptian Union of which Edward Cook, governor of the National Bank, was chairman.

Abdel Wahap was appointed the minister of finance for a second time to the cabinet of Prime Minister Aly Maher Pasha which was formed on 31 January 1936. He remained in office until the resignation of the cabinet in May 1936. His successor as finance minister was Makram Ebeid. In March 1937 he was named as the board member of the National Bank of Egypt. Abdel Wahab died of pneumonitis on 16 April 1938 in Cairo at age 49.

References

1. ^ "Ahmed Abdel Wahab Pasha". The Times. No. 47971. 18 April 1938. p. 12. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
2. ^ "أحمد عبد الوهاب" (in Arabic). Taraajem. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
3. ^ Ellis Goldberg (2004). Trade, Reputation and Child Labor in Twentieth-Century Egypt. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 78. doi:10.1057/9781403976833_4. ISBN 978-1-4039-7683-3.
4. "World Economic Conference". The Times. No. 46468. 12 June 1933. p. 8. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
5. ^ "Appendix. Egyptian Ministries since 1914" (PDF). Nasser Library. 8 October 1946. p. 51. Retrieved 24 February 2023. British intelligence document
6. "Anglo-Egyptian Relations". The Times. No. 47592. Cairo. 26 January 1936. p. 13. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
7. "Compromise In Egypt". The Times. No. 47286. 31 January 1936. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
8. "National Bank of Egypt". The Times. No. 47631. 12 March 1937. p. 14. Retrieved 25 February 2023.

• 20th-century Egyptian economists
• 1889 births
• 1938 deaths
• Ministers of finance of Egypt
• Egyptian bankers
• Deaths from pneumonia in Egypt
• People from Asyut Governorate