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Anwar Sadat

  • Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat
  • محمد أنور السادات
Sadat in 1978
3rd President of Egypt
In office
15 October 1970 – 6 October 1981
Acting: 28 September 1970 – 15 October 1970
Prime Minister
Vice President
Preceded byGamal Abdel Nasser
Succeeded bySufi Abu Taleb (Acting)
Prime Minister of Egypt
In office
15 May 1980 – 6 October 1981
PresidentHimself
Preceded byMustafa Khalil
Succeeded byHosni Mubarak
In office
26 March 1973 – 25 September 1974
PresidentHimself
Preceded byAziz Sedki
Succeeded byAbd El Aziz Muhammad Hegazi
Vice President of Egypt
In office
19 December 1969 – 14 October 1970
PresidentGamal Abdel Nasser
Preceded byHussein el-Shafei
Succeeded byAli Sabri
In office
17 February 1964 – 26 March 1964
PresidentGamal Abdel Nasser
Preceded byHussein el-Shafei
Succeeded byZakaria Mohieddin
Speaker of the National Assembly of Egypt
In office
21 July 1960 – 20 January 1969
PresidentGamal Abdel Nasser
Preceded byAbdel Latif Boghdadi
Succeeded byMohamed Labib Skokeir
Personal details
Born(1918-12-25)25 December 1918
Monufia, Sultanate of Egypt
Died6 October 1981(1981-10-06) (aged 62)
Cairo, Egypt
NationalityEgyptian
Political partyNational Democratic Party
Other political
affiliations
Arab Socialist Union
Spouse(s)
Children7; 2 with Eqbal, 5 with Jehan
Alma materUniversity of Alexandria
Signature
Military service
AllegianceEgypt
Branch/serviceEgyptian Army
Years of service1938–1952
Rank Colonel

Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat[2] (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was the

third President of Egypt. He served from 15 October 1970 until he was assassinated by Islamic extremists on 6 October 1981.

  1. Finklestone, Joseph (2013), Anwar Sadat: Visionary Who Dared, Routledge, ISBN 978-1135195656, Significantly, Anwar Sadat did not mention aspects in his early life...It was in Mit Abul-Kum that Eqbal Afifi, the woman who was his wife for ten years and whom he left, was also born. Her family was of higher social standing than Anwar's, being of Turkish origin...
  2. Arabic: محمد أنور السادات, Muḥammad Anwar as-Sādāt

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