Hussein Refki Pasha

Hussein Refki Pasha Ahmed Hafez Mohammed Hafez (حسين رفقي باشا; 1876–1950) was an Egyptian military general and political figure. He served as Egypt's 25th Minister of War and Marine.

Career
Hussein Refki Pasha served as Egypt's Minister of War and Marine from December 1937 to April 1938, during the early reign of King Farouk I of Egypt. Refki later became a senator in the Egyptian Senate (مجلس الشيوخ; Majlis-al-Shuyukh), the former (dissolved in 1956) upper-house of the Egyptian Parliament. Prior to his political career, Refki served in the royal court as Chief Aide-de-Camp (كبير الياوران; Kebeer-al-Yawaran) to King Fuad I of Egypt, in which capacity he commanded the Military Household of the King (predecessor to the modern-day Republican Guard of Egypt), the royal guard, and other elite military formations. A street is named for Refki in the Sarayat El-Quba neighborhood of Heliopolis, Cairo.

Family
Hussein Refki Pasha is a member of the Hafez family of Egypt. The Hafez family is an aristocratic Turco-Egyptian family with a prominent history, having produced many Pashas and Beys before the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. Refki's father, Ahmed Hafez Pasha, and Refki's brothers, Major-Generals Hassan Hafez Pasha and Mohammed Hafez Pasha, all held high commands in the Egyptian Army. The family has also produced several eminent Egyptian judges. Refki's only child, Chancellor Hafez Refky, was a member of Egypt's Supreme Judicial Council (مجلس القضاء الاعلى; Majlis al-Qada' al-A'la), and Vice-President of Egypt's Court of Cassation (محكمة النقض; Mahkamat-al-Naqd), Egypt's highest appellate court. Refki's nephew, Chancellor Fouad Hafez, was also a member of Egypt's Supreme Judicial Council, and President of the Egyptian Court of Appeals in Cairo (محكمة استئناف القاهرة; Mahkamat Isti'naf al-Qahirah).

Hussein Refki Pasha is related to the Muhammad Ali Dynasty of Egypt through his mother, who is directly descended from the dynasty's founder, Muhammad Ali Pasha. Since the 1930s, Refki and his patrilineal descendants have used the surname "Refky" or "Refki."

Awards and honors

 * 🇪🇬 Grand Cordon Order of Ismail
 * 🇪🇬 Grand Cordon Order of the Nile
 * Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Knight Grand Cross Order of the Crown of Italy
 * Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Knight Grand Cross Order of the Star of Ethiopia
 * Honor Medal of Syrian Merit, First Class
 * Lebanon French Mandate Flag.png Honor Medal of Lebanese Merit, First Class
 * 🇧🇪 Grand Officer Order of Leopold II
 * Coats of arms of the Kingdom of Egypt and Sudan.png Chief ADC to H.M. King Fuad I of Egypt