Sultan Hussein Kamel

• Hussein Kamel was born on November 21, 1853 in Cairo.
• He studied in Al-Manial School then traveled to France in 1868 and stayed at Napoleon III royal court.
• He returned to Egypt upon the Suez Canal inauguration and was the interpreter of the Empress Eugenie.
• Khedive Tawfiq asked him to receive King Edward VII, the British Crown Prince, and Caesar Nicholas II, the Russian Crown Prince, in their visits to Egypt.
• In 1872, he served as the Inspector of northern and southern regions of Egypt, then as the Minister of Public Works, Minister of Finance and the President of the General Assembly (the Parliament) and Law Shura Council.
• On December 19, 1914, the British appointed him “Sultan of Egypt” and declared the British Protectorate over Egypt.
• He saved the country from the repercussions of the Nile flood by taking all precautions to secure and strengthen bridges.
• He was the first to establish agricultural exhibitions in Egypt.
• He established the railways that connected Helwan to the capital.
• He decided to give excellence rewards to brilliant students, which increased scientific competitiveness between students and the high level of the educational process. He laid the foundations of children's military schools in Cairo and Alexandria.
• He was the first Egyptian ruler to print banknotes carrying his name after the Ottoman Empire had disappeared.
• He passed away on October 9, 1917.