Makram Ebeid

Makram Ebeid Pasha was an Egyptian politician. A supporter of liberal politics, he was exiled to the Seychelles alongside Saad Zaghloul and Mustafa Nahhas during the 1919 revolution. He was one of the founders of the Wafd Party and was its secretary-general between 1927 and 1942. He was the Minister of Communications in 1928 and the Minister of Finance in 1930, 1936–1937 and 1942. He was also president of the bar association from 1933 to 1936. He later split from the Wafd part after a financial scandal to form the 'Wafdist Bloc' party, serving as Minister of Finance from 1944 to 1946.