Farouk of Egypt

Names
	Farouk bin Ahmed Fuad bin Ismail bin Ibrahim bin Muhammad Ali

Farouk I
فاروق الأول
Farouk I; فاروق الأول
	Official portrait, 1946
King of Egypt and the Sudan
Reign	28 April 1936 – 26 July 1952
Coronation	29 July 1937
Predecessor	Fuad I
Successor	Fuad II
Regents	See list Prince Muhammad Ali Tewfik; Aziz Ezzat Pasha; Sherif Sabri Pasha;
Prime Ministers	See list Mustafa el-Nahhas Pasha; Muhammad Mahmoud Pasha; Ali Mahir Pasha; Hassan Sabry Pasha; Hussein Sirri Pasha; Ahmad Mahir Pasha; Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha; Isma'il Sidqi Pasha; Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha; Ahmad Najib al-Hilali;
Head of the Royal House of Egypt
Reign	18 June 1953 – 18 March 1965
Successor	Fuad II
Born	11 February 1920; Abdeen Palace, Cairo, Sultanate of Egypt
Died	18 March 1965 (aged 45); San Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy
Burial	Al-Rifa'i Mosque, Cairo, Egypt
Spouses	Farida (née Safinaz Zulficar) (m. 1938; div. 1948); Narriman Sadek (m. 1951; div. 1954);
Issue	Princess Ferial; Princess Fawzia; Princess Fadia; Fuad II of Egypt;
Names
Names
	Farouk bin Ahmed Fuad bin Ismail bin Ibrahim bin Muhammad Ali
House	Alawiyya
Father	Fuad I of Egypt
Mother	Nazli Sabri
Religion	Sunni Islam
Signature
Military career
Allegiance	Kingdom of Egypt
Service/branch	Egyptian Army
Years of service	1936–1952
Rank	Commander-in-Chief
Commands held	Egyptian Army
Battles/wars	Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict; 1948 Palestine war; ; 1952 Egyptian Revolution;

Farouk I (/fəˈruːk/; Egyptian Arabic: فاروق الأول Fārūq al-Awwal; 11 February 1920 – 18 March 1965) was the tenth ruler of Egypt from the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and the Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936 and reigning until his overthrow in a military coup in 1952.

His full title was "His Majesty Farouk I, by the grace of God, King of Egypt and the Sudan". As king, Farouk was known for his extravagant playboy lifestyle. While initially popular, his reputation eroded due to the corruption and incompetence of his government. He was overthrown in the 1952 coup d'état and forced to abdicate in favour of his infant son, Ahmed Fuad, who succeeded him as Fuad II. Farouk died in exile in Italy in 1965.

His sister, Princess Fawzia bint Fuad, was the first wife and consort of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.^[3]

^ Whiteman, Marjorie Millace; Hackworth, Green Haywood (1963). Digest of International Law (snippet view). Vol. 2. U.S. State Department. p. 64. OCLC 79506166. Retrieved 26 February 2010. The Egyptian Parliament amended the Constitution by Law 176 of 16 October 1951, to provide that the title of the King should be 'King of Egypt and the Sudan' instead of 'King of Egypt, Sovereign of Nubia, Sudan, Kordofan and Darfur'.
^ Rizk, Yunan Labib (3 August 2005). "Crowning moment". Al-Ahram Weekly (753). Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
^ "Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt". The Daily Telegraph. 5 July 2013. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2013.

[1] Whiteman, Marjorie Millace; Hackworth, Green Haywood (1963). Digest of International Law (snippet view). Vol. 2. U.S. State Department. p. 64. OCLC 79506166. Retrieved 26 February 2010. The Egyptian Parliament amended the Constitution by Law 176 of 16 October 1951, to provide that the title of the King should be 'King of Egypt and the Sudan' instead of 'King of Egypt, Sovereign of Nubia, Sudan, Kordofan and Darfur'.

[2] Rizk, Yunan Labib (3 August 2005). "Crowning moment". Al-Ahram Weekly (753). Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2010.

[3] "Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt". The Daily Telegraph. 5 July 2013. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2013.

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