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Egyptian Military Academy.
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Hussein Hafez
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Hussein Refki Pasha served as Egypt"s Minister of War and Marine from December 1937 to April 1938, during the early reign of King Farouk of Egypt. Refki later became a senator in the Egyptian Senate (Arabic: مجلس الشيوخ. Majlis-al-Shuyukh), the upper-house of the Egyptian Parliament (dissolved in 1956).
Prior to his political career, Refki served in the royal court as Chief Aide-de-Camp (Arabic: كبير الياوران.
Kebeer-al-Yawaran) to kings Fuad I and Farouk. As Chief Aide-de-Camp, Refki commanded the King"s Military Household (predecessor to the Republican Guard of Egypt), which included the royal guard and other elite military formations.
A street is named for Refki in the Sarayat El-Quba neighbourhood of Heliopolis, Cairo. The family has also produced several eminent Egyptian judges.
Since the 1930s Refki and his patrilineal descendants have used the surname "Refky" or "Refki." Grand Cordon Order of Ismail.
Achievements
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Grand Cordon Order of Ismail Grand Cordon Order of the Nile Knight Grand Cross Order of the Crown of Italy Knight Grand Cross Order of the Star of Ethiopia Honour Medal of Syrian Merit, First Class Honour Medal of Lebanese Merit, First Class Grand Officer Order of Leopold II Chief Aide-de-Camp to King Fuad I of Egypt Chief Aide-de-Camp to King Farouk of Egypt.
Membership
Hussein Refki Pasha is a member of the Hafez family of Egypt, an aristocratic Turco-Egyptian family with a prominent history, having produced many pashas and beys before the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. Refki"s only child, Chancellor Hafez Refky, was a member of Egypt"s Supreme Judicial Council (Arabic: مجلس القضاء الاعلى . Majlis al-Qada" al-A"la), and Vice-President of Egypt"s Court of Cassation (Arabic: محكمة النقض.
Mahkamat-al-Naqd), Egypt"s highest appellate court.
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Born
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1950 (aged 74) -
Nationality
Egypt Ottoman Empire
Education
Awards
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Order of the Star of Ethiopia; Order of the Crown of Italy; Order of Leopold II; Order of the Nile; Grand Cross
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