Anwar sadat assassination

(1918-1981)

Who Was Anwar el-Sadat?

Anwar el-Sadat was an Egyptian politician who served in the military before helping to overthrow his country's monarchy in the early 1950s.

He served as vice president and later became president in 1970. Though his country faced internal economic instability, Sadat earned the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize for entering into peace agreements with Israel. He was assassinated soon after on October 6, 1981, in Cairo, Egypt, by Muslim extremists.

Early Years

Born into a family of 13 children on December 25, 1918, in Mit Ab al-Kawm, Al-Minufiyyah governorate, Egypt, Sadat grew up in an Egypt under British control.

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In 1936, the British created a military school in Egypt, and Sadat was among the first of its students. When he graduated from the academy, Sadat received a government post, where he met Gamal Abdel Nasser, who would one day rule Egypt.

The pair bonded and formed a revolutionary group designed to overthrow British rule and expe