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FAROUK

Farouk was the last king of Egypt. He was born in 1920 at Cairo and died in 1965. Educated in England, he became king in 1936 but was deposed in 1952 following Egypt's defeat by Israel in 1948 and unrest following continued British occupation. After abdicating he went into exile, living in Monaco.
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