{"slug": "gamal-abdel-nasser", "label": "Gamal Abdel Nasser", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamal_Abdel_Nasser", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39524", "qid": "Q39524", "description": "President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970", "entries": 12, "years": 7, "span": [1918, 1970], "span_label": ["1918 CE", "1970 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Gamal Abdal Nasser", "Gamal Nasser"], "related": [{"slug": "egypt", "label": "Egypt", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "suez-canal", "label": "Suez Canal", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "president-of-egypt", "label": "President of Egypt", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "gaza-city", "label": "Gaza City", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "israel-defense-forces", "label": "Israel Defense Forces", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "czechoslovakia", "label": "Czechoslovakia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "palestine-region", "label": "Palestine (region)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sinai-peninsula", "label": "Sinai Peninsula", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anwar-sadat", "label": "Anwar Sadat", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1918, "year_label": "1918 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "January 15", "text": "January 15 – Gamal Abdel Nasser, 2nd President of Egypt (d. 1970)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373520023#January", "title": "1918", "revid": 1373520023, "section": "Births › January"}}, {"year": 1952, "year_label": "1952 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 23", "text": "July 23 – General Mohammed Naguib leads the Free Officers (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser – the real power behind the coup) in the overthrow of King Farouk of Egypt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373187098#July–August", "title": "1952", "revid": 1373187098, "section": "Events › July–August"}}, {"year": 1954, "year_label": "1954 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 25", "text": "February 25 – Lt. Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes premier of Egypt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369212684#February", "title": "1954", "revid": 1369212684, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1954, "year_label": "1954 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 14", "text": "November 14 – Egyptian president Muhammad Naguib is deposed, and Gamal Abdel Nasser replaces him.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369212684#November", "title": "1954", "revid": 1369212684, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1955, "year_label": "1955 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 28", "text": "28 February – 1 March – Operation Black Arrow: An IDF operation carried out in Gaza (then under Egyptian control) from 28 February through 1 March 1955. The operation is aimed at the Egyptian army. 38 Egyptian and eight Israeli soldiers are killed during the operation and 30 Egyptians and thirteen Israelis are wounded. According to the Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, this operation was the main motivation for Egypt's major arms deal with Czechoslovakia in 1955.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1318409184#Events", "title": "1955 in Israel", "revid": 1318409184, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1956, "year_label": "1956 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 16", "text": "January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to Liberate Palestine.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022627#January", "title": "1956", "revid": 1370022627, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1956, "year_label": "1956 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 23", "text": "June 23 – Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes the 2nd president of Egypt, a post he holds until his death in 1970.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022627#June", "title": "1956", "revid": 1370022627, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1956, "year_label": "1956 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "July 26", "text": "July 26 – Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022627#July", "title": "1956", "revid": 1370022627, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1956, "year_label": "1956 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "July 26", "text": "26 July – President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt announces the nationalization of the Suez Canal and Egyptian forces seize control of the canal, moves that precipitate the Suez Crisis and the Sinai Campaign.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1317066097#Events", "title": "1956 in Israel", "revid": 1317066097, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1967, "year_label": "1967 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 17", "text": "May 17 – President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt demands withdrawal of the peacekeeping UN Emergency Force in the Sinai. U.N. Secretary-General U Thant complies (May 18).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370160888#May", "title": "1967", "revid": 1370160888, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1970, "year_label": "1970 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 28", "text": "September 28 – Vice President Anwar Sadat is named temporary president of Egypt following the death of Gamal Abdel Nasser.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370420699#September", "title": "1970", "revid": 1370420699, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1970, "year_label": "1970 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 28", "text": "September 28 – Gamal Abdel Nasser, 31st Prime Minister of Egypt and 2nd President of Egypt (b. 1918)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370420699#September", "title": "1970", "revid": 1370420699, "section": "Deaths › September"}}]}