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Sassoon Eskell
1st and 3rd Iraqi Minister of Finance / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Sassoon Eskell, KBE (17 March 1860 – 31 August 1932) was an Iraqi statesman, financier and politician.[1] Also known as Sassoon Effendi[2][3] (from Turkish Efendi, a title meaning Lord), he was regarded in Iraq as the Father of Parliament.[4] Eskell (Arabic: ساسون حسقيل or ساسون حزقيال) was the first Minister of Finance in the Kingdom and a permanent Member of Parliament until his death. Along with Gertrude Bell and T. E. Lawrence, he was instrumental in the creation and the establishment of the Kingdom of Iraq post-Ottoman rule,[5] and he founded the nascent Iraqi government's laws and financial structure.[4]
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Sassoon Eskell | |
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ساسون حسقيل | |
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Deputy for the Iraqi Parliament | |
In office 1925–1932 | |
Monarch | Faisal I of Iraq |
Constituency | Baghdad |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 1 September 1921 – 1925 | |
Monarch | Faisal I of Iraq |
Prime Minister | Yasin al-Hashimi Jafar al-Askari Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani |
Personal details | |
Born | Sassoon Eskell (1860-03-17)17 March 1860 Baghdad, Ottoman Iraq |
Died | 31 August 1932(1932-08-31) (aged 72) Paris, France |
Resting place | Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris |
Citizenship | Iraqi |
Profession | Statesman, Financier |
He was knighted by King George V in 1923.[6][7] King Faisal I conferred on him the Civil Rafidain Medal Grade II, the Shahinshah awarded him the Shir-o-khorshi medal and the Ottoman Empire decorated him with the Al-Moutamayez Medal.[4]