Industrialist And Diplomat, Two-Time Cabinet Minister (1924-25) And President Of The Sephardi Jewish Community Of Cairo (1924-42) - Pacha
Naissance : vers 1861 Décoration :
GCO Nil, GCO Leopold II de Belgique, , Croix de Guerre, Off de Christ du Portugal, G Officier du St Sauveur de Grece, Comm de l'OsmaniehDiplôme :
Ingenieur A&MDécès : 12 mai 1942
Père : CATTAUI Aslan Menasce ( 1824 - 1883 )
Mère : BENROUBI Grazia ( ? - ? )
Union : SUARES Alice ( ~ 1868 - 1955 )
Mariage : 1885
Enfants : CATTAWI Indjy ( 1888 - 1907 )
CATTAWI Aslan Leon ( 1890 - 1990 )
CATTAWI Rene Jacob Abbas (Fils Joseph) ( 1896 - 1994 )
Note individuelle : One of the more prominent and mediatized members of his family, Joseph Aslan Cattaui Pasha started off as an engineer after completing his studies in the Ecole Centrale in France in 1882. Upon returning to Egypt he worked in the ministry of public works where he participated in a competition for the design of the Alexandria Railway Station. He then joined the administration of the sugar factories in Upper Egypt belonging to his Suares relations. It was with that purpose in mind that he traveled to Moravia to learn about sugar refining
Joseph Cattaui was a member of parliament in 1915 and minister of finances and communications in 1923
Member of an important Cairo family of merchants and community leaders, he studied engineering in Paris and on returning to Cairo in 1882 he became an official in the ministry of public works. After studying sugar manufacture in Moravia, in the Czech lands, he directed a sugar plant in Egypt and established other industrial plants. Cattaui entered politics in 1915 and was a member of the Egyptian delegation to London which established Egyptian independence. In 1922 he was on the committee which drafted the Egyptian constitution. From 1924 he was minister of finance, then in 1925 minister of communications and served as a senator from 1927 to 1936.
Selected Bibliography:
CATTAUI, Joseph. Le khedive Isma'il et la dette de l' Egypte. Pp. vi, 209. Le Caire: Impr. Misr, 1935.
CATTAUI, Joseph. Coup d'oeil sur la chronologie de la Nation egyptienne. Pp. xiv, 447. Paris: Plon, 1931.
Links:Dynasty: The House Of Yacoub Cattaui
Family Tree of the Cattaui Family
The Jewish Community of Egypt
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CATTAUI Joseph Aslan
CATTAUI Aslan Menasce
CATTAWI Yacoub Menasche
NEGRIN Mazel Fortunee
BENROUBI Grazia
CATTAUI
Joseph Elie
Naissance : 1873 à Cairo Décès : 1921
Père : CATTAUI Lietto Chalom ( 1838 - 1926 )
Mère : ADES Elise Habib ( ? - ? )
Union : AGHION Alice ( 1888 - 1963 )
Mariage : 12 mars 1905 à Alexandria
Enfants : CATTAWI Diane ( 1906 - 1987 )
CATTAWI Roger ( ~ 1913 - 1959 )
CATTAUI Joseph Elie
CATTAUI Lietto Chalom
CATTAUI Chalom
ADES Elise Habib
CATTAUI
Josette
Père : CATTAUI Maurice ( 1874 - ? )
Mère : MENASHE (de ) Diane ( ? - ? )
CATTAUI Josette
CATTAUI Maurice
CATTAUI Youssef
ISRAEL Bida
MENASHE (de ) Diane
CATTAUI
Kamar
Père : CATTAUI Eliahu ( ? - ? )
Union : ALGHAZI Eliahu ( ? - ? )
CATTAUI Kamar
CATTAUI Eliahu
CATTAUI
Lietto Chalom
Naissance : 1838 à Cairo Décès : 2 janvier 1926 à Cairo Inhumation : janvier 1926 à Bassatine
Père : CATTAUI Chalom ( ? - ? )
Union : ADES Elise Habib ( ? - ? )
Enfants : CATTAUI Joseph Elie ( 1873 - 1921 )
CATTAUI Moise ( 1882 - ? )
CATTAUI Mathilde ( 1885 - 1944 )
CATTAUI Ziza ( 1897 - 1953 )
CATTAWI Habib ( ? - ? )
CATTAUI Jacques ( ? - ? )
CATTAUI Allegra ( ? - ? )
CATTAUI Emilie ( ? - ? )
CATTAUI Andre ( ? - ? )
CATTAUI Edouard ( ? - ? )
CATTAUI Lietto Chalom
CATTAUI Chalom
CATTAUI Eliahu