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Farouk I of Egypt
Acting
11 Feb 1920
† 18 Mar 1965
Biography
Farouk I (11 February 1920 – 18 March 1965) was the tenth ruler of Egypt from the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and the Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936 and reigning until his overthrow in a military coup in 1952.
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