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Anwar Sadat
Muhammad Anwar es-Sadat was an Egyptian politician and military officer who was the third president of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination in 1981. A former member of the Free Officers movement, Sadat was vice president under Gamal Abdel Nasser on two occasions and assumed the office on Nasser's death in 1970.
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politics · President of Egypt from 1970 to 1981 · politician · military officer · statesperson · diplomat · military leader · vice president · president · opinion journalist · also Anwar Sadat, Mohamed Anwar El Sadat, Anwar el-Sadat, Sadat, Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat, Anwar el Sadat
Born 25 December 1918 · Died 6 October 1981 · Q42013
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2026· 2 entries
Latest news from Azerbaijan: From Sadat and Begin to Aliyev and Pashinyan: Carter and Trump in the history of peace - VIDEO - PHOTOS
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2025· 1 entry
fact checker rated the claim “For the first time ever, the Associated Press releases high-definition, raw video footage of the assassination of Egypts late president Anwar Sadat.” misleading.
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2023· 1 entry
Yahoo: Winning by losing: Anwar Sadat had visionary strategy for 1973 Yom Kippur War
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2021· 2 entries
UPI: On This Day: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat assassinated
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Yahoo: Late Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat's widow dies at age 88 - presidency
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2018· 1 entry
The Forward: Trump Posthumously Honors Anwar Sadat With Congressional Gold Medal
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2015· 1 entry
New York Daily News: Mohammed Anwar Sadat, president of Egypt, is assassinated in 1981
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2006· 1 entry
“Autorzy: B. Stępniewska-Holzer, J. Holzer, Egipt. Stulecie przemian, Wydawnictwo Akademickie Dialog, Warszawa 2006, ISBN 9788389899583, s. 193–196.”
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2002· 1 entry
NPR: Anwar Sadat's Historic Journey, 25 Years Later
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2001· 1 entry
When Ayyam El Sadat (English: The Days of Sadat) was released in Egyptian cinemas
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1984· 1 entry
Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by Ronald Reagan (1984).
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1983· 1 entry
Sadat, a miniseries based on the life of Anwar Sadat, aired on US television with Oscar-winning actor Louis Gossett Jr
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1981· 1 entry
Died 1981-10-06.
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1980· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Egypt (1980–1981).
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1979· 1 entry
The Arab League suspended Egypt in the wake of the Egyptian–Israel peace agreement, and the League moved its headquarters from Cairo to Tunis
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1978· 2 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for jointly having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel in 1978.
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Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1978).
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1977· 2 entries
Awarded Financial Times Person of the Year (1977).
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Awarded Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1977).
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1973· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Egypt (1973–1974).
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1971· 3 entries
As part of the Jarring Mission, three years into the War of Attrition in the Suez Canal zone, Sadat endorsed in a letter the peace proposals of UN negotiator Gunnar Jarring, which seemed to lead to a full peace with Isra
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Sadat addressed the Iranian parliament in Tehran in fluent Persian, describing the 2,500-year-old historic connection between the two lands
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The break with Egypt's long-time ally and aid-giver the USSR, the Yom Kippur War with Israel, the Camp David Accords and the Egypt–Israel peace treaty, the "opening up" (or Infitah) of Egypt's economy, and lastly his ass
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1970· 3 entries
Career landmark: President of Egypt (1970–1970).
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Career landmark: President of Egypt (1970–1981).
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President Sadat turned this around quickly into an open and close friendship
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1969· 1 entry
Career landmark: Vice President of Egypt (1969–1970).
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1964· 1 entry
Career landmark: Speaker of the National Assembly of the United Arab Republic (1964–1968).
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1960· 1 entry
Career landmark: Speaker of the National Assembly of the United Arab Republic (1960–1961).
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1959· 1 entry
Assumed the position of secretary to the National Union
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1918· 1 entry
Born 1918-12-25.
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