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Revision as of 12:37, 27 October 2017
Sir Saba Habachy | |
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| Born | Saba Habachy 2 February 1897 |
| Died | 9 June 1996 (aged 99) |
| Occupation(s) | international lawyer, Minister of Commerce and Industry |
| Known for | oil industry consultant |
| Spouse(s) | Gamila Gindy , Beatrice Gabrawy |
| Children | Susan and Nimet, and a son, Nazeeh |
Sir Saba Habachy(1897 -1996),(Arabic:سابا حبشى) a former Egyptian official, oil industry consultant and international lawyer.
Born in Cairo,Egypt, Dr. 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.
During World War II, he was pro-Allies, provided supplies to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and was most likely on the German general Erwin Rommel's hit list. After the war, as a government minister, he wanted to bring in the West and help industrialize Egypt. When king Farouk was deposed after the Egyptian revolution of 1952, he was remembered by the new government as being pro-West.
Dr. Habachy is 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. Sir Saba Habachy died 1996 in Evelyn Hospital in Cambridge, England. He was 98 and lived in Cairo and Manhattan.
Books
Islamic Law in the Modern World