Farouk Ier of Egypt

Farouk Ier of Egypt (in Arab: فاروقالاول) (February 11th 1920 - March 18th 1965) last king d' Égypte, it succeeded his/her father Fouad Ier in 1936.

Suspicions of corruption, and the Egyptian defeat at the time of the Israeli-Arab War of 1948, brought a military coup d'etat and the July 23rd 1952 it was détroné by Gamal Abdel Nasser, and was replaced by his/her son still baby Fouad II, monarchy being then De facto abolished. In 1953 the republic was proclaimed, and it finishes its life in Exil in Italy.

Of Albanian ascent, it counts among its ancestors, Soliman Pasha, French converted with the Islam.

References

  • Gilbert Sinoué. “The colonel and the child-king. Memories of Egypt”, Editions JC Lattès (2006).

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