Youssef Wahba

Youssef Wahba Pasha GCMG (1852–1934) (Arabic: يوسف باشا وهبة, Coptic: ⲓⲱⲥⲏⲫ ⲟⲩⲉϩⲡⲉ ⲡⲁϣⲁ) was an Egyptian Prime Minister and jurist.

His father, Wahba Bey had been a founder of the first Coptic charitable society that included Muslim scholars such as Abdallah Nadim and Sheikh Muhammed Abduh.

[1] He translated the Code Napoleon into Arabic while at the Ministry of Justice between 1875 and 1882 and participated in setting the modern judicial system in Egypt.

[6] Youssef always maintained the view that it was critical that a government nominated by the Sultan of Egypt lead the country rather than have the British fully annex it (especially as the victorious powers were carving up the old Ottoman Empire at the Versailles conference).

He also resisted the introduction of any special privileges for minorities in Egypt whether based on ethnicity or religion (including the Christian Copts) first suggested by the Brunyate Commission for Judicial reform in 1917.