Sassoon Eskell
Iraqi politician
Died when: 72 years 167 days (869 months)Star Sign: Pisces
Sir Sassoon Eskell, KBE (17 March 1860 – 31 August 1932) was an Iraqi statesman and financier.Also known as Sassoon Effendi (from Turkish Efendi, a title meaning Lord), he was regarded in Iraq as the Father of Parliament.
Sir Sassoon (Arabic: ????? ????? or ????? ??????) was the first Minister of Finance in the Kingdom and a permanent Member of Parliament until his death.
Along with Gertrude Bell and T.E.Lawrence, he was instrumental in the creation and the establishment of the Kingdom of Iraq post Ottoman rule, and he founded the nascent Iraqi government’s laws and financial structure.
He was knighted by King George V in 1923.King Faisal I conferred on him the Civil Rafidain Medal Grade II, the Shahinshah awarded him the Shir-o-khorshi medal and the Ottoman Empire decorated him with the Al-Moutamayez Medal.
