Gamal Abdel-Nasser

Gamal Abdel Nasser
جمال عبد الناصر
Nasser in Belgrade, 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) Muhammad 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	Muhammad Naguib
Succeeded by	Anwar Sadat
31st Prime Minister of Egypt
In office 19 June 1967 – 28 September 1970
President	Himself
Preceded by	Muhammad Sedki Sulayman
Succeeded by	Mahmoud Fawzi
In office 18 April 1954 – 29 September 1962
President	Muhammad Naguib Himself
Preceded by	Muhammad Naguib
Succeeded by	Ali Sabri
In office 25 February 1954 – 8 March 1954
President	Muhammad Naguib
Preceded by	Muhammad Naguib
Succeeded by	Muhammad Naguib
Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt
In office 8 March 1954 – 18 April 1954
Prime Minister	Muhammad Naguib
Preceded by	Gamal Salem
Succeeded by	Gamal Salem
In office 18 June 1953 – 25 February 1954
Prime Minister	Muhammad Naguib
Preceded by	Sulayman Hafez
Succeeded by	Gamal Salem
Minister of the Interior
In office 18 June 1953 – 25 February 1954
Prime Minister	Muhammad 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	Muhammad Naguib
Succeeded by	Post abolished
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 I
Succeeded by	Kwame Nkrumah
Personal details
Born	Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein (1918-01-15)15 January 1918 Alexandria, Sultanate of Egypt (now Egypt)
Died	28 September 1970(1970-09-28) (aged 52) Cairo, Egypt
Nationality	Egyptian
Political party	Arab Socialist Union
Spouse(s)	Tahia Kazem
Children	5, including Khalid
Profession	Military Officer
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Egypt
Service/branch	Egyptian Army
Years of service	1938–1952
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	1948 Arab–Israeli War

Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein (Arabic: جمال عبد الناصر حسين‎, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ɡæˈmæːl ʕæbdenˈnɑːsˤeɾ ħeˈseːn]; 15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was the second President of Egypt, serving from 1956 until his death. Nasser led the 1952 overthrow of the monarchy 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 Muhammad Naguib under house arrest, and assumed executive office, officially becoming president in June 1956.

Nasser's popularity in Egypt and the Arab world skyrocketed after his nationalization of the Suez Canal and his political victory in the subsequent Suez Crisis. Calls for pan-Arab unity under his leadership increased, culminating with the formation of the United Arab Republic with Syria (1958–1961). 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. 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 1967 Six-Day War, 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 lost territory, 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 million mourners and an outpouring of grief across the Arab world.