Who is Anwar Sadat?

Anwar Sadat was the 3rd President of Egypt, following two terms as the Vice President under his friend Gamal Abdel Nasser. Sadat was born to Anwar Mohammed El Sadat, from Upper Egypt, and Sit Al-Berain, from the Sudan on December 25, 1918.  In 1964, he was elected as Vice President of Egypt under Nasser. He successfully retained his position five years later when he got re-elected. In 1970, he assumed the role of President after Nasser’s death. It was public opinion that his presidency would not be a long one, as most viewed him simply a puppet of Nasser’s. On May 15, 1971, Sadat aimed to prove the citizens of Egypt wrong by launching his ‘Corrective Revolution’, aimed to rid the government of Arabic socialists and welcome an Islamic movement. In 1971, Sadat supported a failed peace proposal for the ‘War of Attrition’ that was not accepted either by the US or Israel. On October 6, 1973, he launched the ‘Yom Kippur War’, which was a surprise attack against the Israeli occupation of the Sinai Peninsula. After this, he was known as the ‘Hero of the Crossing’.  He became the 3rd President of Egypt in 1970 and aimed to free the country from the oppressive socialist rule. He launched the ‘Yom Kippur War’ in 1973 to get rid of the Israeli forces occupying parts of his country. The war was a success and astounded the entire Arab world. He signed a peace treaty with Israel after the ‘Camp David Accords’ and was then awarded the ‘Nobel Peace Prize’.

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