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Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein
[1]
(15 January 1918 ? 28 September 1970) was the second
President
of
Egypt
from 1956 until his death. Along with
Mohamed Naguib
, the first President, he led the
Egyptian Revolution of 1952
which overthrew the
monarchy
of Egypt and
Sudan
, and brought in a new period of change in Egypt.
[2]
This change made Egypt a more
socialist
and
modern
country. In 1954 the
Muslim Brotherhood
tried to kill Nasser and he arrested President Naquib. Nasser ruled the country, and became president in 1956. He promoted
pan-Arab nationalism
, including a
union with Syria
that did not last very long.
Nasser is seen as one of the most important political figures in modern Arab history and politics. Under his leadership, Egypt
nationalized
the
Suez Canal
and other
industries
, and became important in stopping
imperialism
in the
Arab World
and
Africa
. He was also important in starting the
Non-Aligned Movement
. Nasser's version of pan-Arabism, which is often called "
Nasserism
", was very popular in the Arab world during the 1950s and 1960s.
[3]
Even after the
Israeli
victory over the Arab armies in the
Six-Day War
damaged the way the public saw him, many Arabs still view Nasser as a symbol of Arab
dignity
and freedom.