Mahmoud Fakhri Pasha

Mahmoud Fakhry Pasha (1884–1955) was an Egyptian politician and diplomat. He held several cabinet and high-ranking diplomacy posts. He was related to the royal family of Egypt who married first the daughter of Sultan Hussein Kamil and then the daughter of King Fuad.

Early life and education Fakhry was born in Cairo on 24 November 1884 into a Circassian-origin family.

Fakhry Pasha was a graduate of Collège des Jésuites in Cairo. The other members of the council included Adly Yakan Pasha and Tewfik Nessim. Then he was appointed ambassador to Spain and later to Portugal, holding the two posts together. Following her death Fakhry married Princess Fawkia Hanim, daughter of King Fuad and Shivakiar Ibrahim, on 13 May 1919.

Awards Fakhry was the recipient of the following: Grand Cordon of Order of the Nile, Title of Al Imtiaz (1922), Grand Cordon of Order of Ismail (1927), Order of the British Empire and Legion of Honour of France.