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Gamal Abdel Nasser جمال عبد الناصر | |
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2nd President of Egypt | |
In office 23 June 1956 – 28 September 1970 | |
Prime Minister | Template:List collapsed |
Vice President | Template:List collapsed |
Preceded by | Muhammad Naguib |
Succeeded by | Anwar Sadat |
Prime Minister of Egypt | |
In office 19 June 1967 – 28 September 1970 | |
President | Himself |
Preceded by | Muhammad Sedki Sulayman |
Succeeded by | Mahmoud Fawzi |
In office 18 April 1954 – 29 September 1962 | |
President | Muhammad Naguib Himself |
Preceded by | Muhammad Naguib |
Succeeded by | Ali Sabri |
In office 25 February 1954 – 8 March 1954 | |
President | Muhammad Naguib |
Preceded by | Muhammad Naguib |
Succeeded by | Muhammad Naguib |
Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt | |
In office 8 March 1954 – 18 April 1954 | |
Prime Minister | Muhammad Naguib |
Preceded by | Gamal Salem |
Succeeded by | Gamal Salem |
In office 18 June 1953 – 25 February 1954 | |
Prime Minister | Muhammad Naguib |
Preceded by | Sulayman Hafez |
Succeeded by | Gamal Salem |
Minister of the Interior | |
In office 18 June 1953 – 25 February 1954 | |
Prime Minister | Muhammad Naguib |
Preceded by | Sulayman Hafez |
Succeeded by | Zakaria Mohieddin |
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council | |
In office 14 November 1954 – 23 June 1956 | |
Preceded by | Muhammad Naguib |
Succeeded by | Post abolished |
Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement | |
In office 5 October 1964 – 8 September 1970 | |
Preceded by | Josip Broz Tito |
Succeeded by | Kenneth Kaunda |
Chairman of the Organisation of African Unity | |
In office 17 July 1964 – 21 October 1965 | |
Preceded by | Haile Selassie I |
Succeeded by | Kwame Nkrumah |
Personal details | |
Born | Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein 15 January 1918 Alexandria, Egypt |
Died | 28 September 1970 Cairo, Egypt | (aged 52)
Nationality | Egyptian |
Political party | Arab Socialist Union |
Spouse(s) | Tahia Kazem |
Children | Hoda Mona Khalid Abdel Hamid Abdel Hakim |
Profession | Lawyer |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
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Military service | |
Allegiance | Egypt |
Service/branch | Egyptian Army |
Years of service | 1938–1952 |
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Battles/wars | 1948 Arab–Israeli War |
“ | "The peoples of Africa will continue to look at us, who guard their northern gate, and who constitute their link with the outside world. We will never in any circumstances be able to relinquish our responsibility to support, with all our might, the spread of enlightenment and civilization to the remotest depths of the jungle.” [1] | ” |
- ↑ --Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt, 1955, quoted in [Prah, 2006: 170]