Mashhour Ahmed Mashhour
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Engineer Mashhour Ahmed Mashhour (Arabic: مشهور أحمد مشهور)
(April 1, 1918 - July 6, 2008) was the Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority
(October 1965 – December 1983)
for a big family of many siblings, one of his brothers is Dr. Abdel hay Mashhour
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His father Ahmed Mashhour was the mayor of Al-saadeyeen village and his mother Zuhra Zada was a housewife.
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The Chairman of Suez Canal Authority (14 October 1965 till 31 December 1983).
-The re-opening of the Suez Canal in 5 June 1975, after it has been closed upon the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
-In 1973, during the war, the canal was the scene of a major crossing by the Egyptian army into Israeli-occupied Sinai, and much wreckage from this conflict remained along the canal's edges.
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He was also granted a number of accolades from different countries worldwide, including:
He was married to Aziza Mashhour and they had four children and ten grandchildren.
, the Egyptian Prime Minister who attended on behalf of President Mubarak.
(April 1, 1918 - July 6, 2008) was the Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority
Suez Canal Authority
is a state owned authority which owns, operates and maintains the Suez Canal. It was set up by Egypt to replace the Suez Canal Company in the 1950s which resulted in the Suez Crisis...
(October 1965 – December 1983)
Birth
Mashhour was born in April 1918 in Al-Saadieen Village in Al-Sharqia Governorate, EgyptEgypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
for a big family of many siblings, one of his brothers is Dr. Abdel hay Mashhour
Abdel hay mashhour
Dr. Abdel hay Mashhour Date of Birth: 1/7/1923The President of Tanta University in Egypt from the period 18/9/1978 until 31/7/1983...
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His father Ahmed Mashhour was the mayor of Al-saadeyeen village and his mother Zuhra Zada was a housewife.
Career
- Graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, Fouad I University (now known as Cairo UniversityCairo UniversityCairo University is a public university located in Giza, Egypt.The university was founded on December 21, 1908, as the result of an effort to establish a national center for educational thought...
) in 1942; then he joined the Army Corps of Engineers in 1943 and graduated as a military officer engineer.
- Became a Member of the Free Officers group and played a role in the Egyptian Revolution of 1952.
- Was among the group assigned by the Egyptian President Gamal Abdel NasserGamal Abdel NasserGamal Abdel Nasser Hussein was the second President of Egypt from 1956 until his death. A colonel in the Egyptian army, Nasser led the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 along with Muhammad Naguib, the first president, which overthrew the monarchy of Egypt and Sudan, and heralded a new period of...
for the nationalization of the Suez CanalSuez CanalThe Suez Canal , also known by the nickname "The Highway to India", is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Opened in November 1869 after 10 years of construction work, it allows water transportation between Europe and Asia without navigation...
, headed by Engineer Mahmoud Younis in 1956.
- After the nationalization of the Suez Canal in 1956, he was assigned the director of the movements in the Suez Canal AuthoritySuez Canal Authorityis a state owned authority which owns, operates and maintains the Suez Canal. It was set up by Egypt to replace the Suez Canal Company in the 1950s which resulted in the Suez Crisis...
, then took over the chairmanship of the Suez Canal in October 1965.
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The Chairman of Suez Canal Authority (14 October 1965 till 31 December 1983).
- Engineer Mashhour was one of the most significant chairmen of the Suez Canal, as he has witnessed very critical periods of Suez Canal history, the thing that made some call him "The man of the difficult missions".
- Some of the major events that he witnessed as the Chairman of Suez Canal include:
-The re-opening of the Suez Canal in 5 June 1975, after it has been closed upon the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
-In 1973, during the war, the canal was the scene of a major crossing by the Egyptian army into Israeli-occupied Sinai, and much wreckage from this conflict remained along the canal's edges.
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- Besides being the Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, he participated in the social life in IsmailiaIsmaïlia-Notable natives:*Osman Ahmed Osman, a famous and influential Egyptian engineer, contractor, entrepreneur, and politician, was born in this town on 6 April 1917....
governorate to be elected a member of the Egyptian parliamentParliament of EgyptThe Parliament of Egypt is the currently dissolved bicameral legislature of Egypt. The Parliament is located in Cairo, Egypt's capital. As the legislative branch of the Egyptian government, the Parliament enacts laws, approves the general policy of the State, the general plan for economic and...
for the province of Ismailia in 1976 until 1979 and secretary of the National Democratic Party during the same period. He had occupied different positions including The President of the Arab Society for Mining and Petroleum, a member of the board of Egypt-Iran Bank and a member of the National Council for Production.
- He obtained the degree of deputy prime minister in 1980.
Honors
Engineer Mashhour was granted a lot of medals and accolades throughout his life.- He was granted the Order of the NileOrder of the NileThe Order of the Nile is Egypt's highest state honor. The award was instituted in 1915 by Sultan Hussein Kamel to be awarded by Egypt for exceptional services to the nation...
(Kiladate El Nile) by the president Anwar Sadat, which is Egypt's highest state honor, granted to the heads of state and those who rendered great services on the national or human level.
- The Republic Military Decoration, first Class.
- The Order of Merit, first Class.
- The Order of the Republic, first Class.
- The Order of Liberation.
- The Medal of Palestine.
- The medal of the Republic, third degree, and lots more.
He was also granted a number of accolades from different countries worldwide, including:
- The National Order of the Legion of Honour or Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
- The Order of Renaissance, PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
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- The Order of Mono, Grand officer, the Togolese Republic.
- He received an Honorary Doctorate from Minufiya UniversityMinufiya UniversityMinufiya University is a public university in Egypt. The Latin spelling of its name, however, is everything but fixed. Thus the transcription from the Arabic produces officially used versions like Menofia University, Menoufiya University, or even Menoufeya University occasionally.The University...
in 1982.
Family
Engineer Mashhour belongs to Mashhour family, one of the famous families in Egypt.He was married to Aziza Mashhour and they had four children and ten grandchildren.
Death
On July 6, 2008 he died in Cairo, Egypt at the age of 91, and a solemn military funeral was held and led by Ahmed NazifAhmed Nazif
Ahmed Nazif served as the Prime Minister of Egypt from 14 July 2004 to 29 January 2011, when his cabinet was dismissed by President Hosni Mubarak in light of a popular uprising that led to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011...
, the Egyptian Prime Minister who attended on behalf of President Mubarak.