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Anwar Sadat

1918–1981 · 20th century

Anwar Sadat was president of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination in 1981. He launched the October War of 1973 against Israel, opened the economy and turned Egypt from the Soviet Union towards the United States. He signed the Camp David Accords and the peace treaty of 1979 with Israel, for which he shared the Nobel Peace Prize.

Anwar Sadat
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Republic of Egypt

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