Engineer Mashhour Ahmed Mashhour (Arabic: مشهور أحمد مشهور) (April 1, 1918 – July 6, 2008) was the Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (October 1965 – December 1983)Mashhour was born in April 1918 in Al-Saadieen Village in Al-Sharqia Governorate, Egypt for a big family of many siblings, one of his brothers is Dr. Abdel hay Mashhour.His father Ahmed Mashhour was the mayor of Al-saadeyeen village and his mother Zuhra Zada was a housewife.The Chairman of Suez Canal Authority (14 October 1965 till 31 December 1983). Wikipedia