Anwar al-Sadat
Biographical
| Born 25th December 1918 in Tala District, Menufia Governorate, Egypt | |
| Married to Jihan Sadat | |
| Education: Military College | |
| Editor Al Jumhuriya and Al Tahrir | 1955-56 |
| Minister of State | 1955-56 |
| Vice-Chairman National Assembly | 1957-60 |
| Chairman National Assembly | 1960-68 |
| General Secretary Egyptian National Union | 1957-61 |
| Chairman Afro-Asian Solidarity Council | 1961 |
| Member Presidential Council | 1962-1964 |
| Vice-president of Egypt | 1964-66, 1969-70 |
| President of Egypt | 1970 |
| Prime Minister | 1973-74 |
| Chairman Arab Socialist Union | 1970 |
| Member Higher Council on Nuclear Energy | 1975 |
| Selected Bibliography |
| The Camp David Accords |
| Carter, Jimmy.Keeping Faith. Memoirs of a President. New York: Bantam, 1982. |
| Kamel, Mohammed Ibrahm.The Camp David Accords: A Testimony. London: KPI, 1986. (By the Egyptian foreign minister, who disagreed and resigned.) |
| Quandt, William B.Camp David. Peacemaking and Politics. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1986. (Authoritative.) |
| By Sadat |
| Revolt on the Nile. New York: Day, 1957. (The revolt of the army officers.) |
| In Search of Identity: An Autobiography. New York: Harper & Row, 1978. (The story of his life and of his country after 1918.) |
| Other Sources |
| Heikal, Muhammad Hasanayn.Autumn of Fury. New York: Random, 1983. (Highly critical, by a leading Egyptian journalist.) |
| Hennebusch, Raymond, A.Egyptian Politics under Sadat. New York: Columbia University Press, 1985. |
| Hirst, David, and Irene Beeson.Sadat. Winchester, Mass: Faber & Faber, 1982. (Highly critical.) |
| Israeli, Raphael, with Carol Bardenstein.Man of Defiance: A Political Biography of Anwar Sadat. Totowa, N.J.: Barnes & Nobel, 1985. (A scholarly account, favorable to Sadat.) |
| Sadat, Jehan.Woman of Egypt. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987 (Autobiography by Sadat’s wife.) |
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Mohamed Anwar al-Sadat was assassinated on 6 October 1981.
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