Mohammed Anwar Sadat

  • He was born on December 25, 1918 in Menoufia Governorate.
  • He graduated from the Military College in 1938 as an officer with the rank of second lieutenant, and was appointed to the city of Manqabad in southern Egypt.
  • On January 6, 1946, he was thrown into Cairo prison as a result of his accusation of participating in the murder of Amin Othman, the Minister of Finance.
  • In 1948, he was acquitted, and in 1950 he returned to his work in the army, then joined the Free Officers Organization in 1951.
  • He delivered the statement of the July 23 Revolution in 1952, and was assigned to many positions such as Speaker of the National Assembly (Parliament), Editor-in-Chief of the Republic, and Secretary-General of the World Islamic Conference.
  • He was elected President of the Federal National Assembly in 1960, and was appointed President of the Afro-Asian Solidarity Council in 1961.
  • He was elected President of the Republic after announcing the results of the popular referendum on October 17, 1970.
  • He made the historic crossing decision in the October War in 1973.
  • On June 5, 1975, he reopened the Suez Canal to global navigation, and established the Port Said Free Zone as the beginning of Egyptโ€™s entry into the era of economic openness, in addition to establishing many new cities outside Cairo.
  • In 1977, he made his wise and courageous decision, which shook the world, to visit Jerusalem, thus granting peace as a gift from him to his people and his enemy at the same time, and advancing the wheel of peace between Egypt and Israel with his own hand.
  • In 1978, he founded the National Democratic Party and assumed its presidency.
  • Anwar el-Sadat made history by leading Egypt to a groundbreaking peace agreement with Israel, known as the Camp David Accords in 1978. This agreement, brokered by then-U.S. President Jimmy Carter, marked the first-ever peace treaty between Israel and an Arab nation.
  • He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978.
  • Tragically, Anwar el-Sadat’s presidency came to an abrupt end on October 6, 1981, when he was assassinated during a military parade in Cairo.