Name Hussein Pasha | Died 1960 | |
Role Former Prime Minister of Egypt Previous offices Prime Minister of Egypt (1952–1952) Similar People Mahmoud an‑Nukrashi Pasha, Boutros Ghali, Gamal Abdel Nasser | ||
Hussein Serry Pasha (1894–1960) (Arabic: حسين سري باشا) was an Egyptian politician. He served as Prime Minister of Egypt for three short periods, during which he also served as foreign minister.
Prime Minister
He first served as Prime Minister from 1940 until 1942, the height of the Axis and Allied confrontation in Egypt's Western Desert in the Second World War, which concluded with the Second Battle of Al-Alamein.
In February 1941, the Prime Minister of Australia, Robert Menzies, visited Cairo and met with Serry. Writing in 1967, he said "We found that political problems are the same the wide world over, and laughed about them." He then wrote that "The great pity was that so good a Prime Minister had to serve under so poor a King. Sirri Pasha was... a good administrator, and completely honest."
Serry next served as Prime Minister from July 1949 until January 1950. His final term was for three weeks in July 1952, amidst a political crisis which culminated in the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, and the abdication of King Farouk.