Sirri Pasha began his career as an engineer at the Ministry of Public Works, and was appointed as minister to the same body in 1937. He was
minister of finance from 1939 to 1940.{{cite book|last1=Goldschmidt Jr. In February 1941, the
Prime Minister of Australia,
Robert Menzies, visited Cairo and met with Sirri. Writing in 1967, he said "We found that political problems are the same the wide world over, and laughed about them." He then wrote that "The great pity was that so good a Prime Minister had to serve under so poor a
King. Sirri Pasha was... a good administrator, and completely honest."{{cite book|author=Sir Robert Menzies|author-link=Robert Menzies|title=Afternoon Light: Some Memories of Men and Events|publisher=Cassell Sirri next served as prime minister from July 1949 until January 1950. His final term was for three weeks in July 1952, amidst a political crisis which culminated in the
Egyptian Revolution of 1952, and the abdication of King Farouk. ==Personal life==