Anwar Sadat Quotes


We believe in our destiny. We do not shrink from any sacrifice.


Context

Mohamed Anwar El-Sedat


Citations

Anwar Sadat, 1918-1981, President of Egypt, Nobel Peace Laureate, Television Address to the Egyptian People, April 1973

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Anwar Sadat
Anwar Sadat
  • Born: December 25, 1918
  • Died: October 6, 1981
  • Nationality: Egyptian
  • Profession: Statesman

Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat was an Egyptian politician who served as the third President of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 October 1981. Sadat was a senior member of the Free Officers who overthrew King Farouk in the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, and a close confidant of President Gamal Abdel Nasser, under whom he served as Vice President twice and whom he succeeded as president in 1970. In 1978, Sadat and Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, signed a peace treaty in cooperation with United States President Jimmy Carter, for which they were recognized with the Nobel Peace Prize.