Anwar Sadat led the October War and signed a peace treaty

In 1918, a boy of humble birth was born in Mit Abu El Kom to a medical officer and a Sudanese mother. Among fourteen siblings, he grew up in a poor family. His father named him after Enver Pasha, a man the people of the Ottoman Empire hailed as the Hero of Freedom.

He graduated from the Royal Military Academy in Cairo and joined the Free Officers, a secret organization committed to overthrowing British rule. He was active in many political movements, including the Muslim Brotherhood and the fascist Young Egypt Party. While imprisoned in Qarmidan prison, a police officer believed in his heroism and patriotism, bringing him food and newspapers while he faced solitary confinement.

When he assumed the presidency in 1970, he led Egypt in the October War to regain the Sinai Peninsula from Israel. Afterward, he engaged in negotiations that culminated in the Camp David Accords and the Egypt–Israel peace treaty. He also launched the Infitah economic policy to open up Egypt's economy, a move that was rejected by the Muslim Brotherhood and the left.

In October 1981, his presidency came to an end. While leading a parade in Cairo, he was killed by militants with automatic rifles. His actions, particularly the peace treaty, remained a primary factor in the events leading to his assassination.

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