Muhammad Anwar Al-Sadat

Office:	President of Egypt
Term in office:	Sept 28, 1970 - Oct 6, 1981
Preceded by:	Gamal Abdel Nasser
Succeeded by:	Hosni Mubarak
Date of birth:	Dec 25, 1918
Place of birth:	Mit Abu Al-Kum, Al-Minufiyah, Egypt
Date of death:	Oct 6, 1981
Place of death:	Cairo
First lady:	Jehan Sadat
Party:	Arab Socialist Union (until 1977) National Democratic Party (from 1977)

Muhammad Anwar as-Sadat (محمد أنورالسادات in Arabic) (December 25, 1918 – October 6, 1981) was an Egyptian politician and served as the third President of Egypt from September 28, 1970 until his assassination on October 6, 1981. He is considered in Egypt and in the West to be one of the most influential Egyptian and Middle Eastern figures in modern history.

Early life

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Sadat was born in Mit Abu Al-Kum, Al-Minufiyah, Egypt, to a poor Egyptian family, one of 13 brothers and sisters. He graduated from the Royal Military Academy in Cairo in 1938 and was appointed in the Signal Corps. He joined the Free Officers Movement, committed to freeing Egypt from British control.

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