Saba Habachy

Saba Habachy (Arabic: سابا حبشى‎; 1897–1996) was an Egyptian official, oil industry consultant and international lawyer.

He taught criminal law at the University of Cairo and served as a judge and as Egypt's Minister of Commerce and Industry.

[citation needed] During World War II, he supported the Allied Forces, providing supplies to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.

[citation needed] After the war, as a government minister to King Farouk, Habachy wanted to bring in the West and help industrialize Egypt.

[citation needed] Habachy was survived by his wife, Beatrice Gabrawy; two daughters, Susan and Nimet, and a son, Nazeeh, all of Manhattan; two stepsons, Seti Boctor of Toronto and Saba Boctor of Los Angeles; a stepdaughter, Beatrice Antoun of Cambridge, and two granddaughters.