Boutros Ghali (12 May 1846 – 21 February 1910; , ; styled Boutros Ghali Bey later Boutros Ghali Pasha) was an Egyptian politician, who served as the Prime Minister of Egypt from 1908 to 1910.
Early life
Boutros Ghali was born on 12 May 1846 to a Coptic Christian family in Kiman-al-'Arus, a village of Beni Suef, Egypt, in 1846. His father was Ghali Nayruz, the steward of Prince Mustafa Fadil. Next he became the representative of the Egyptian government on the Commission of the Public Debt. Then he was made foreign minister in 1894.
He was appointed prime minister on 8 November 1908, replacing Mustafa Fahmi Pasha in the post. He also retained the post of foreign minister during his premiership. Ghali was leaving the ministry of foreign affairs when Wardani fired five shots, three of which lodged in the premier's body.
The assassination of Ghali was the first of a series of assassinations that continued until 1915. It was also the first public assassination of a senior statesman in Egypt in more than a century.
- grandfather of Teymour Boutros-Ghali, internet entrepreneur, and
- grandfather of Youssef Boutros Ghali, Minister of Finance from 2004 to 2011;
- Wasif Boutrus Pasha Ghali or Wasif Boutrus Ghali Pasha (1878–1958), legislator and diplomat,
Boutros Ghali's brother Amin Ghali (1865–1933) was a public prosecutor; Amin's son Ibrahim Amin Ghali was a diplomat who worked to rehabilitate his uncle's reputation.
Honors
Egyptian national honors
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| Grand Cordon of the Order of Muhammad Ali
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| 70px
| Grand Cordon of the Order of Ismail
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Foreign honors
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| 70px || Ethiopian Empire || Grand Cordon of the Order of Solomon
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| 70px || Ottoman Empire || Grand Cordon of the Order of Osmanieh
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| 70px || Kingdom of Greece || Grand Commander of the Order of the Redeemer
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| 70px || Kingdom of Italy || Grand Officier of the Order of the Crown of Italy
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| 70px || United Kingdom || Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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| 70px || United Kingdom || Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
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See also
- Eldon Gorst