Recent portraits :
Anwar El Sadat
(Dec. 25, 1918 - Oct. 06, 1981)
Anwar El Sadat was the third President of Egypt, serving from October 15, 1970 until his assassination. He had been a senior member of the Free Officers who overthrew the Muhammad Ali Dynasty in the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, and was a close confidante of Gamal Abdel Nasser, whom he succeeded as President in 1970.
Anwar El Sadat was the third President of Egypt, serving from October 15, 1970 until his assassination. He had been a senior member of the Free Officers who overthrew the Muhammad Ali Dynasty in the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, and was a close confidante of Gamal Abdel Nasser, whom he succeeded as President in 1970.
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