Anwar Sadat

(1918-1981)

President of Egypt from 1970 to 1981

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Muhammad Anwar es-Sadat (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by members of the Islamic Jihad on 6 October 1981. Sadat was a senior member of the Free Officers who overthrew King Farouk I in the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, and a close confidant of President Gamal Abdel Nasser, under whom he served as vice president twice and whom he succeeded as president in 1970. In 1978, Sadat and Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, signed a peace treaty in cooperation with United States President Jimmy Carter, for which they were recognized with the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Born	25 December 1918 Mit Abu Al-Kum, Al-Minufiyah, Egypt
Died	6 October 1981 (aged 62) Cairo, Egypt
Zodiac	Capricorn
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Jehan Raouf - · · m. 1949 info edit

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Atef Sadat · Brother · Egyptian fighter pilot edit info

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Mohamed Anwar Esmat Sadat · Nephew · Egyptian politician edit info

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Talaat Sadat · Nephew · 1954-2011 · Egyptian politician and lawyer edit info

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Gamal Abdel Nasser · Associate · 1918-1970 · Egyptian politician edit info

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Helmut Schmidt · Associate · 1918-2015 · Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982 edit info

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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi · Friend · 1919-1980 · Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979 edit info

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