Second Cabinet of Nokrashy Pasha

The second cabinet formed by Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha lasted between December 1946 and December 1948.[1] It succeeded the cabinet led by Ismail Sidky who resigned from the premiership on 8 December 1946.[2] Next day King Farouk asked Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha, head of the Saadist Institutional Party, to form the cabinet which was announced on 10 December.[2] The cabinet was a coalition government comprising members of the Saadist Institutional Party and the Liberal Constitutional Party and was confirmed by the Parliament on 16 December with 150 confidence against 21 objection votes.[2]

Second Cabinet of Nokrashy Pasha

Cabinet of Egypt
Prime Minister Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha
Date formed10 December 1946 (1946-12-10)
Date dissolved28 December 1948 (1948-12-28)
People and organisations
Head of stateKing Farouk
Head of governmentMahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha
Member partySaadist Institutional Party
Liberal Constitutional Party
Opposition partyWafd Party
History
PredecessorCabinet of Ismail Sidky
SuccessorCabinet of Ibrahim Abdel Hady Pasha

One of the significant tasks carried out the government was the continuation of the negotiations with the British authorities to finalize the independence of Sudan as proposed by the British.[3] As his predecessor, Ismail Sidky, Nokrashy Pasha could not settle the issue.[3] On 28 December 1948 Prime Minister Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha was assassinated,[1] and Ibrahim Abdel Hady Pasha was appointed prime minister.[4]

List of ministers

The cabinet members were as follows:[2]

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Prime MinisterMahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha10 December 19461948 Saadist
Minister of Foreign AffairsMahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha10 December 19461948 Saadist
Minister of FinanceIbrahim Abdel Hady Pasha10 December 194618 February 1947 Saadist
Abdel Majid Badr Pasha18 February 19471948 
Minister of InteriorMahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha10 December 19461948 Saadist
Minister of DefenseAhmed Atiyah Pasha10 December 19461948 Liberal Constitutional Party
Minister of EducationAbdel Razzaq Al Sanhuri Pasha10 December 19461948 Saadist
Minister of CommerceAbdel Majid Badr Pasha10 December 194618 February 1947 Saadist
Mahmoud Riaz18 February 19471948 
Minister of Social AffairsMahmoud Hasan Pasha10 December 19461948 Saadist
Minister of Public HealthNajib Iskandar Pasha10 December 19461948 Saadist
Minister of JusticeAhmad Khashaba Pasha10 December 19461948 Liberal Constitutional Party
Minister of Public WorksAbdel Majid Salih Pasha10 December 19461948 Liberal Constitutional Party
Minister of AgricultureAhmad Abdel Ghaffar Pasha10 December 19461948 Liberal Constitutional Party
Minister of InformationIbrahim Dessuki Abaza Pasha10 December 19461948 Liberal Constitutional Party

Muhammad Alluba Pasha was appointed the minister of waqf, but he declined the offer due to his objection to the government program.[2]

References
  1. "Maḥmūd Fahmī al-Nuqrāshī". Encyclopedia Britannica.
  2. William M. Steen (April 1947). "Developments of the Quarter: Comment and Chronology December 1, 1946-February 28, 1947". Middle East Journal. 1 (2): 192–195. JSTOR 4321861.
  3. Sidney B. Fay (August 1947). "Egypt and the Arab League". Current History. 13 (72): 83. JSTOR 45309291.
  4. "Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Is Dead at 82; Served as Premier Under Farouk". The New York Times. Reuters. 19 February 1981. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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