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Gamal Abdel Nasser

Gamal Abdel Nasser

1918 CE1970 CE · Cairo

Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918–1970) was an Egyptian military officer who was a leading figure in the 1952 revolution that overthrew the Egyptian monarchy. He became the second president of Egypt, assuming executive power in 1954 and being formally elected in 1956. In 1956 his government nationalized the Suez Canal Company, an event that precipitated the Suez Crisis, and he became a prominent advocate of Arab nationalism and non-alignment, briefly leading the union of Egypt and Syria as the United Arab Republic. He remained president until his death in 1970.

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