Maurice Zilkha

Maurice Zilkha
Born	Maurice Khedouri Zilkha 1918 Baghdad, Iraq
Died	1964 New York City, US
Citizenship	Italian
Occupation	banker
Spouse(s)	Helene Paraskeviadias Zilkha
Children	Doris and Philippe
Parent(s)	Khedouri Zilkha
Relatives	Selim Zilkha (brother) Ezra Zilkha (brother)

Maurice K. Zilkha (1918-1964) was an Iraqi banker.

Maurice Zilkha was born in Baghdad, Iraq, the son of Khedouri Zilkha and Louise (Bashi) Zilkha.

He was managing director of Banque Zilkha in Egypt until the family's Egyptian were confiscated in 1956 by Gamel Abdel Nasser's government.

In 1956, Zilkha left from Egypt and became an Italian citizen. He died in 1964 at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City after a short illness.

He was survived by his wife Helene Paraskeviadias Zilkha, their daughter Doris of Paris, France and Mont-sur-Rolle, Switzerland; their son, Philippe; as well as his three brothers and two sisters, Mrs. Helen Simon and Mrs. Hanina Shasha (wife of Alfred Aboud Shasha), both of New York.

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