| King ofEgypt | |
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| Style | His Majesty |
| First monarch | Fuad I |
| Last monarch | Fuad II |
| Formation | 15 March 1922 Precursor:Sultan of Egypt |
| Abolition | 18 June 1953 Successor:President of Egypt |
| Residence | Abdeen Palace,Cairo, Egypt |
| Appointer | Hereditary |
King of Egypt (Egyptian Arabic:ملك مصر,romanized: Malik Miṣr), officially referred to as,King of Egypt, Sovereign ofNubia,Sudan,Kordofan, andDarfur, was the title used by the Head of State inEgypt between 1922 and 1953. When theUnited Kingdom issued theUnilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence on 28 February 1922, thereby endingits protectorate over Egypt (1914–1922), Egypt'sSultanFuad I issued a decree on 15 March 1922 whereby he adopted the title ofKing of Egypt.
It has been reported that the title change was due not only to Egypt's newly independent status, but also to Fuad I's desire to be accorded the same title as the newly installed rulers of the newly created kingdoms ofHejaz,Syria andIraq.[1] The second monarch to be styledKing of Egypt was Fuad I's sonFarouk I, whose title was changed toKing of Egypt and the Sudan in October 1951 following theWafdist government's unilateral abrogation of theAnglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936.[2] The monarchy was abolished on 18 June 1953 following theEgyptian Revolution of 1952 and the establishment of arepublic. The third king, the infantFuad II of Egypt (Farouk having abdicated following the revolution), went into exile inItaly. The position was replaced by thePresident of Egypt on June 18, 1953.
The rulers ofancient Egypt may be described using the titleKing (a translation of the Egyptian wordnsw) orpharaoh (derived frompr ˤ3). The story ofMoses in the Quran includes his interaction with the ruler of Egypt, namedPharaoh (Arabic:فرعون,romanized: fir'aun). The earlier story ofJoseph in Islam refers to the Egyptian ruler as a king (Arabic:ملك,romanized: malik).[3]
| Portrait | Name | King From | King Until |
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 | Fuad I | 15 March 1922 | 28 April 1936 |
 | Farouk I | 28 April 1936 | 16 October 1951 |
 | Fuad II | 26 July 1952 | 18 June 1953 |
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