Boutros Ghali
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This article is about the Egyptian politician. For the former Secretary-General of the United Nations and his grandson, see Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
Boutros Ghali (Arabic: بطرس غالي) (1846 –Beni Suef, Egypt- February 20, 1910) was the Prime Minister of Egypt from 1908 to 1910. He was a Coptic Christian.
Ghali was accused of favouring the British in the Denshawai incident and on February 20, 1910, was assassinated by Ibrahim Nassif al-Wardani, a young pharmacology graduate who had just returned from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.[1]
His grandson Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who was named after him, became the Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt and later the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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- ^ The Modern Middle East and North Africa by Aroian and Mitchell
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Prime Minister of Egypt 1908–1910 |
Succeeded by Muhammad Said Pasha |
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