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Anwar Sadat

President of Egypt from 1970 to 1981 · Egypt · Politicians · Lived 1918 to 1981 · aged 62

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He led Egypt into war with Israel in 1973, then shocked the world by signing a peace treaty that won him the Nobel Prize and got him killed. The deal brought Sinai back but cost him the Arab League, his standing in the Muslim world, and finally his life at a military parade in Cairo.

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2026The anniversary of their death, on 6 October.6 October 20261984Presidential Medal of FreedomAward1981Died6 October 19811980Named Prime Minister of EgyptOffice26 March 1973 to 25 September 19741978Nobel Peace PrizeAward1977Collar of the Order of Isabella the CatholicAwardFinancial Times Person of the YearAward1973Named Prime Minister of EgyptOffice26 March 1973 to 25 September 19741970Named President of EgyptOffice28 September 1970 to 6 October 19811969Named Vice President of EgyptOffice19 December 1969 to 14 October 19701967“Conceive with me a peace agreement… based on the following points: First: ending the Israeli occupation of the Arab territories occupied in 1967.”In their words

1964Named Speaker of the National Assembly of the United Arab RepublicOffice21 July 1960 to 27 September 19611960Named Speaker of the National Assembly of the United Arab RepublicOffice21 July 1960 to 27 September 19611918Born25 December 1918

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  1. Conceive with me a peace agreement… based on the following points: First: ending the Israeli occupation of the Arab territories occupied in 1967.

    1967, Own words

  2. Any life lost in war is the life of a human being, irrespective of whether it is an Arab or an Israeli.

    , Own words

  3. Today I tell you, and I declare it to the whole world, that we accept to live with you in permanent peace based on justice.

    , Own words

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Awards

Presidential Medal of Freedom, Ronald Reagan1984
Nobel Peace Prize1978
Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic1977
Financial Times Person of the Year1977
Order of Ojaswi Rajanya
Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Congressional Gold Medal
Order of King Abdulaziz al Saud
Order of the Star of Nepal
Order of Mubarak the Great
Order of the Nile
Order of the Republic

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Anwar el-Sadat was a senior member of the Free Officers who overthrew King Farouk I in 1952, serving twice as vice president under Gamal Abdel Nasser before succeeding him in 1970. In his 11 years as president, he departed from Nasserism's tenets, reinstituting a multi-party system and launching the Infitah economic policy. He led the October War of 1973 to reclaim the Sinai Peninsula from Israeli occupation, making him a hero across Egypt and the Arab world. Then he did the unthinkable: in 1978, he and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin signed a peace treaty brokered by Jimmy Carter, winning the Nobel Peace Prize and securing Sinai's return. The treaty was rejected by Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and the left, who felt he had abandoned Palestine, and the Arab world suspended Egypt from the Arab League from 1979 to 1989. On 6 October 1981, during a military parade in Cairo, militants led by Khalid Al-Islambuli opened fire with automatic rifles and killed him.

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Egypt
Category
Politicians
Type
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Status
deceased
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Lived 1918 to 1981 · aged 62

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