Gamal Abdel Nasser

His Excellency Gamal Abdel Nasser
جمال عبد الناصر
Nasser in 1962
2nd President of Egypt
In office 23 June 1956 – 28 September 1970
Prime Minister	See list Himself (1954–1962) Ali Sabri (1962–1965) Zakaria Mohieddin (1965–1966) Mohamed Sedki Sulayman (1966–1967) Himself (1967–1970)
Vice President	See list Sabri al-Asali (1958) Akram al-Hawrani (1958–1960) Abdel Latif Boghdadi (1958–1964) Abdel Hakim Amer (1958–1965) Nureddin Kuhala (1960–1961) Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj (1961) Kamal el-Din Hussein (1961–1964) Zakaria Mohieddin (1961–1964, 1965–1968) Hussein el-Shafei (1961–1965, 1968–1970) Anwar Sadat (1964, 1969–1970) Hassan Ibrahim (1964–1966) Ali Sabri (1965–1968)
Preceded by	Mohamed Naguib
Succeeded by	Anwar Sadat
31st Prime Minister of Egypt
In office 19 June 1967 – 28 September 1970
President	Himself
Preceded by	Mohamed Sedki Sulayman
Succeeded by	Mahmoud Fawzi
In office 18 April 1954 – 29 September 1962
President	Mohamed Naguib Himself
Preceded by	Mohamed Naguib
Succeeded by	Ali Sabri
In office 25 February 1954 – 8 March 1954
President	Mohamed Naguib
Preceded by	Mohamed Naguib
Succeeded by	Mohamed Naguib
Other offices Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt In office 8 March 1954 – 18 April 1954 Prime Minister Mohamed Naguib Preceded by Gamal Salem Succeeded by Gamal Salem In office 18 June 1953 – 25 February 1954 Prime Minister Mohamed Naguib Preceded by Sulayman Hafez Succeeded by Gamal Salem Minister of the Interior In office 18 June 1953 – 25 February 1954 Prime Minister Mohamed 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 Mohamed Naguib Succeeded by Himself (as President) 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 Succeeded by Kwame Nkrumah
Personal details
Born	Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein جمال عبد الناصر حسين (1918-01-15)15 January 1918 Alexandria, Sultanate of Egypt
Died	28 September 1970(1970-09-28) (aged 52) Cairo, United Arab Republic
Resting place	Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque
Political party	Arab Socialist Union
Spouse	Tahia Kazem ​ (m. 1944)​
Children	5, including Khalid Abdel
Profession	Military officer politician
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Egypt Republic of Egypt United Arab Republic
Branch/service	Egyptian Armed Forces
Years of service	1938–1952
Rank	Lieutenant colonel
Battles/wars	1948 Arab–Israeli War

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Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein^[a] (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian military officer and politician who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced far-reaching land reforms the following year. Following a 1954 attempt on his life by a Muslim Brotherhood member, he cracked down on the organization, put President Mohamed Naguib under house arrest and assumed executive office. He was formally elected president in June 1956.

Nasser's popularity in Egypt and the Arab world skyrocketed after his nationalization of the Suez Canal Company and his political victory in the subsequent Suez Crisis, known in Egypt as the Tripartite Aggression. Calls for pan-Arab unity under his leadership increased, culminating with the formation of the United Arab Republic with Syria from 1958 to 1961. In 1962, Nasser began a series of major socialist measures and modernization reforms in Egypt. Despite setbacks to his pan-Arabist cause, by 1963 Nasser's supporters gained power in several Arab countries, but he became embroiled in the North Yemen Civil War, and eventually the much larger Arab Cold War. He began his second presidential term in March 1965 after his political opponents were banned from running. Following Egypt's defeat by Israel in the Six-Day War of 1967, Nasser resigned, but he returned to office after popular demonstrations called for his reinstatement. By 1968, Nasser had appointed himself prime minister, launched the War of Attrition to regain the Israeli-occupied Sinai Peninsula, began a process of depoliticizing the military, and issued a set of political liberalization reforms. After the conclusion of the 1970 Arab League summit, Nasser suffered a heart attack and died. His funeral in Cairo drew five to six million mourners,^[3] and prompted an outpouring of grief across the Arab world.

Nasser remains an iconic figure in the Arab world, particularly for his strides towards social justice and Arab unity, his modernization policies, and his anti-imperialist efforts. His presidency also encouraged and coincided with an Egyptian cultural boom, and the launching of large industrial projects, including the Aswan Dam, and Helwan city. Nasser's detractors criticize his authoritarianism, his human rights violations, his antisemitism, and the dominance of the military over civil institutions that characterised his tenure, establishing a pattern of military and dictatorial rule in Egypt which has persisted, nearly uninterrupted, to the present day.

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