Ahmed Abdel Wahab Pasha
Ahmed Abdel Wahab Pasha | |
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| Born | 1889 Bani Muhammad Al Shihabiyya, Asyut Governorate, Egypt |
| Died | 1938-04-16 Cairo, Egypt |
| Occupation(s) | Politician, economist, banker |
| Known for | Finance Minister of Egypt (1934–1936) |
Ahmed Abdel Wahab Pasha (1889–1938) was a prominent Egyptian politician who held the position of finance minister between 1934 and 1936.
Biography
Abdel Wahab was born in 1889 in Bani Muhammad Al Shihabiyya, located in the Asyut Governorate. He pursued his education in both Cairo and London. Following his studies, he took on a teaching role at Cairo’s Higher School of Commerce. Holding the honorific title of Bey, he was a leading figure among a group of Egyptian technocrats called the Thirty Club. In 1929, he was appointed as undersecretary of state at the Ministry of Finance, and the following year, 1930, he received the title Pasha.
In 1933, Abdel Wahab acted as Egypt’s delegate at the World Economic Conference held in London. He assumed office as finance minister on 15 November 1934 within Prime Minister Mohamed Tawfik Naseem Pasha’s government, taking over from Hassan Sabry Pasha. His tenure concluded in January 1936 when the government resigned. Soon thereafter, he was appointed vice chairman of the newly established Anglo-Egyptian Union.
On 31 January 1936, Abdel Wahab resumed his role as finance minister under Prime Minister Aly Maher Pasha, maintaining this post until the cabinet stepped down in May 1936. He was succeeded by Makram Ebeid. In March 1937, he became a member of the board at the National Bank of Egypt. Abdel Wahab passed away due to pneumonitis on 16 April 1938 in Cairo at the age of 49.