Gamal abdel nasser short biography

President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970

"Nasser" redirects here. For other uses, see Nasser (disambiguation) and Gamal Abdel Nasser (disambiguation).

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.

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Following a 1954 assassination 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 incre