Anwar Sadat

Prompted by an agreement between the United States of America and Egypt's Soviet allies the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 338 on 22 October 1973 calling for an immediate ceasefire. OCLC 27919901. In his eleven years as president he changed Egypt's direction departing from some of the economic and political principles of Nasserism by re-instituting the multi-party system and launching the Infitah economic policy.

Anwar El Sadat (Arabic: محمد أنور السادات‎ Anwar as-Sādāt Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mæˈħæmmæd ˈʔɑnwɑɾˤ essæˈdæːt]; 25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was the third President of Egypt serving from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 October 1981. In his eleven years as president he changed Egypt's direction departing from some of the economic and political principles of Nasserism by re-instituting the multi-party system and launching the Infitah economic policy.