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Saba Habachy (Arabic: سابا حبشى; 1897–1996) was an Egyptian official, oil industry consultant and international lawyer.
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| Born | 2 February 1897 |
| Died | 9 June 1996 (aged 99) |
| Occupation(s) | international lawyer, Minister of Commerce and Industry |
| Known for | oil industry consultant |
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| Children | Susan Nimet Nazeeh |
Biography
editBorn in Cairo, Egypt, 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.[citation needed]
During World War II, he supported the Allied Forces, providing supplies to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. He may have been on German general Erwin Rommel's hit list.[citation needed] After the war, as a government minister to King Farouk, Habachy wanted to bring in the West and help industrialize Egypt. When the king was deposed in 1952, Habachy was remembered as being pro-West.[citation needed]
Habachy was 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. Habachy died 1996 in Evelyn Hospital in Cambridge, England, aged 99.[citation needed]