Ali Sabri

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Ali Sabri" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2007) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Ali Sabri
على صبرى
Sabri in 1966
Vice President of Egypt
In office 30 October 1970 – 2 May 1971
President	Anwar Sadat
Preceded by	Anwar Sadat
Succeeded by	Mahmoud Fawzi
In office 3 October 1965 – 20 March 1968
President	Gamal Abdel Nasser
Preceded by	Anwar Sadat
Succeeded by	Hussein el-Shafei
32nd Prime Minister of Egypt
In office 29 September 1962 – 3 October 1965
President	Gamal Abdel Nasser
Preceded by	Gamal Abdel Nasser
Succeeded by	Zakaria Mohieddin
Director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate
In office 1956–1957
President	Gamal Abdel Nasser
Preceded by	Zakaria Mohieddin
Succeeded by	Salah Nasr
Personal details
Born	Ali Sabri (1920-08-30)30 August 1920 Cairo, Sultanate of Egypt
Died	3 August 1991(1991-08-03) (aged 70) Cairo, Egypt
Profession	Aristocrat, Military Officer, Politician, Intelligence Officer
Military service
Allegiance	Egypt
Branch/service	Egyptian Army
Rank	Marshal

Ali Sabri (Arabic: على صبرى, IPA: [ˈʕæli ˈsˤɑbɾi]) (30 August 1920^[1] – 3 August 1991)^[2] was an Egyptian politician of Turkish origin.^[3]

Family background

His parents, Dewlet Shamsi (mother) and Abbas-Baligh Sabri (father) were of Turkish-Circassian descent and belonged to the privileged class.

Ali Sabri was a grandson of nationalist Amin Shamsi Pasha (1833-1913) a member of the General Assembly and Provincial Council who in 1881-82 was a principal financial backer of Ahmed Urabi Pasha. Following the failure of what historian term the "Urabi Rebellion" of 1882, Khedive Tewfik imprisoned Shamsi Pasha later releasing him on a hefty bail. He resumed his seat at the General Assembly until his death.

Sabri was also a nephew of Ali Shamsi Pasha (1885-1962) co-founder of the Wafd Party and a several-time minister during the reign of Fuad I of Egypt later to become the first Egyptian to head of the National Bank of Egypt which acted as the country's Central Bank.^[4]

One of Ali Sabri's paternal grand-uncles was Mohammed Faizi Pasha (1840-1911), a director-general of the Awqaf Department during the reign of Khedive Abbas Hilmi II.

The trilingual Ali Sabri, along with his three brothers and one sister, was raised in the then-predominantly aristocratic and European Cairo suburb of Maadi and was an active member of its Sporting Club's tennis and swimming teams.^[5]

Egyptian revolution and premiership

This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (November 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Sabri was one of the second row of 1952 revolution officers, he was the head of Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate from 1956 to 1957. He was the 32nd Prime Minister of Egypt from September 1962 to October 1965.

When Gamal Abdel Nasser died in 1970, Anwar Sadat was regarded as Nasser's most likely successor, but Sabri was regarded as the next most likely. Both Sadat and Sabri had heart attacks which they survived at Nasser's funeral.^{[disputed – discuss]}

Sabri was the vice-president and regarded as the no. 2 figure in Sadat's government. However shortly after Sadat came to power he was the most notable casualty of Sadat's "Corrective Revolution", and was imprisoned.^{[citation needed]}

Regarded as a diehard socialist, he was often criticized for his upper-class background.^{[citation needed]} Ali Sabri died in Cairo on 3 August 1991, aged 70.

Honour

Foreign honour

• Malaysia:
  • Honorary Grand Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (SMN (K)) - Tun (1965)^[6]

• Czechoslovak Socialist Republic:
  • Order of the White Lion (25 September 1964)^[7]

References

External links

• Media related to Ali Sabri at Wikimedia Commons