His father Ahmed Mashhour was the mayor of Al saadeyeen village and his mother Zuhra Zada was a housewife.
He was among the group assigned by the Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser for the nationalization of the Suez Canal, headed by Mahmoud Younis in 1956.
Besides being the Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, he participated in the social life in Ismailia governorate to be elected a member of the Egyptian parliament for the province of Ismailia in 1976 until 1979 and secretary of the National Democratic Party during the same period.
He was also granted a number of accolades from different countries worldwide, including: He was married to Aziza Salem Mashhour, and they had four children and ten grandchildren.
On 6 July 2008 he died in Cairo, Egypt at the age of 91, and a solemn military funeral was held and led by Ahmed Nazif, the Egyptian Prime Minister who attended on behalf of President Mubarak.