Egypt, President
December 25,
1918 – October, 6, 1981.
Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat (Arabic: محمد أنور السادات Muḥammad Anwar as-Sādāt, Egyptian [muħæmmæd ˈʔɑnwɑɾ essæˈdæːt]; 25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was the third President of Egypt, serving from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 October 1981. Sadat was a senior member of the Free Officers who overthrew King Farouk 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.
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