Gamal Abdel Nasser

Gamal Abdel Nasser (Arabic: جمال عبد الناصر - Jamāl ‘Abd an-Nāṣir; Masri: جمال عبد الناصر - Gamāl ‘Abd el-Nāṣir also transliterated as Jamal Abd al-Naser, Jamal Abd an-Nasser and other variants; January 15, 1918 – September 28, 1970) was the President of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970.

Nasser was well-known for his Arab nationalist and anti-colonial foreign policy. The pan-Arabist ideology named after him, Nasserism, won great following in the Arab World in the 1950s and 1960s. Nasser is still seen by many throughout the Arab World as a symbol of Arab dignity and freedom.