[1] He was highly respected and appreciated by all political parties as an objective and unassuming judge that gave much credibility to the new Court of Cassation.
One of his most famous opinion pieces was on the subject of the revocation of press censorship imposed by the government of Ismail Sidqi Pasha, then prime minister of Egypt.
His appointment as Minister of Agriculture may have been to avoid having a Christian as president of the highest judicial authority in Egypt[citation needed], a predominantly Muslim country.
He was appointed a senator in 1939 until 1945 and played an important role in Coptic communal affairs serving on the Majlis Milli for several years.
[4] He was one of the major shareholders of the Compagnie de Ciment Portland in Egypt founded with the Swiss cement group Holderbank as well as a member of the board of directors of Banque Misr and resigned after the 1952 revolution.