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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|2|2|df=y}} |
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|birth_place = [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] |
|birth_place = [[Cairo]], [[Khedivate of Egypt]] |
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|death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|6|9|1897|2|2|df=y}} |
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|death_place = [[Cambridge]], [[United Kingdom]] |
|death_place = [[Cambridge]], [[United Kingdom]] |
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|occupation =international lawyer, Minister of Commerce and Industry |
|occupation =international lawyer, Minister of Commerce and Industry |
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'''Saba Habachy''' ([[Arabic]]: سابا حبشى{{ltr}}; 1897–1996) was an Egyptian official, oil industry consultant and international lawyer. |
'''Saba Habachy''' ([[Arabic]]: سابا حبشى{{ltr}}; 1897–1996) was an Egyptian official, oil industry consultant and international lawyer. |
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==Biography== |
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Born in [[Cairo]], |
Born in [[Cairo]], Egypt, Habachy received a doctorate at the [[University of Paris]]. He taught criminal law at the [[University of Cairo]] and served as a judge and as Egypt's Minister of Commerce and Industry. In 1952, he moved to [[New York City]].{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} |
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During [[World War II]], he supported the Allied Forces, providing supplies to Field Marshal [[Bernard Montgomery]]. He may have been on German general [[Erwin Rommel]]'s hit list.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} After the war, as a government minister to [[King Farouk]], Habachy wanted to bring in the West and help industrialize Egypt. |
During [[World War II]], he supported the Allied Forces, providing supplies to Field Marshal [[Bernard Montgomery]]. He may have been on German general [[Erwin Rommel]]'s hit list.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} After the war, as a government minister to [[King Farouk]], Habachy wanted to bring in the West and help industrialize Egypt. |
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His first wife, Gamila Gindy, died in 1977. Habachy died 1996 in Evelyn Hospital in Cambridge, England, aged 99.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} |
His first wife, Gamila Gindy, died in 1977. Habachy died 1996 in Evelyn Hospital in Cambridge, England, aged 99.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} |
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*[https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/16/world/saba-habachy-98-former-egyptian-official.html The New York Times] |
*[https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/16/world/saba-habachy-98-former-egyptian-official.html The New York Times] |
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Saba Habachy | |
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| Born | 2 February 1897 |
| Died | 9 June 1996 (aged 99) |
| Occupation(s) | international lawyer, Minister of Commerce and Industry |
| Known for | oil industry consultant |
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| Children | Susan Nimet Nazeeh |
Saba Habachy (Arabic: سابا حبشى; 1897–1996) was an Egyptian official, oil industry consultant and international lawyer.
Biography
[edit]Born in Cairo, Egypt, Habachy received a doctorate at the University of Paris. He taught criminal law at the University of Cairo and served as a judge and as Egypt's Minister of Commerce and Industry. In 1952, he moved to New York City.[citation needed]
During World War II, he supported the Allied Forces, providing supplies to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. He may have been on German general Erwin Rommel's hit list.[citation needed] After the war, as a government minister to King Farouk, Habachy wanted to bring in the West and help industrialize Egypt. When the king was deposed in 1952, Habachy was remembered as being pro-West.[citation needed]
Habachy was survived by his wife, Beatrice Gabrawy; two daughters, Susan and Nimet, and a son, Nazeeh, all of Manhattan; two stepsons, Seti Boctor of Toronto and Saba Boctor of Los Angeles; a stepdaughter, Beatrice Antoun of Cambridge, and two granddaughters.
His first wife, Gamila Gindy, died in 1977. Habachy died 1996 in Evelyn Hospital in Cambridge, England, aged 99.[citation needed]