King Ahmed Fuad I

• Born on March 26, 1868 in Giza.
• When he turned seven, he was enrolled in the private school founded by his father in Abdeen Palace. After that, he went to Italy and suffered during his stay there.
• He traveled to Turkey for meeting Sultan Abdul Hamid so as to help him go back to Egypt. The Sultan gave the order allowing him return to Egypt and to join the Egyptian Army.
• In 1890, after he came back to Egypt, he was responsible for the cultural affairs and headed the committee responsible for establishing and managing the Egyptian university in 1906.
• On October 9, 1917, he acceded to the throne of Egypt upon Britain's demand.
• After WWI came to an end, a national movement opposing the British arose to gain Egypt’s independence and evacuate the occupation. The King exerted great effort to tear the leaders of the movement apart and not to attribute anything to them so as to make them wane.
• On February 28, 1922, Britain proclaimed Egypt independent. However, there were some reservations through which Britain was still controlling and interfering in the affairs of Egypt and the Sudan.
• He adopted procedures aiming to undermine the constitutional provision, suspend the Parliamentary system and dissolve the House of Representative and Senate. He gave himself the right to appoint members of the Senate and then issued the first decree removing the coalition cabinet.
• After independence, he changed his official title to become “His Majesty King Fuad I”.
• During his reign, he enacted the Constitutions of 1923 and 1930.
• In January, 1924, the first populist ministry was formed under the rule of Saad Zaghloul Pasha. His era also witnessed the succession of many cabinets.
• He passed away on April 28, 1936.