Anwar Sadat became president of Egypt in 1970 following the death of this man.
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Makram Ebeid
Hasan al-Banna
Ahmad Maher
Gamal Abdel Nasser. Both men had worked to overthrow Egypt’s monarchy. Following the revolution of 1952, Nasser became Egypt’s president. He has been described as the first leader of an Arab nation to challenge perceived western dominance of the Middle East.