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The Greatest Egyptian Presidents

Author

Sebastian Wright

Updated on January 16, 2026

Birthdate: December 25, 1918

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Mit Abu al-Kum

Died: October 6, 1981

Anwar Sadat served as the president and prime minister of Egypt till his assassination in 1981. He was part of the Free Officers, a group that overthrew King Farouk. He became the first Muslim Nobel laureate, after winning the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty.