Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser, hero of Arab nationalism and prominent African statesman, died of a heart attack on 28 September 1970 whilst in office as president of Egypt. Nasser had become the most powerful figure in the Middle east: attempting to unify Arab nations (including the creation of the short lived United Arab Republic of Egypt and Syria), fighting two wars against Israel (1956 - the Suez Crisis - and 1967 - the Six Day War), and working as a peace broker in the Jordanian Civil War of 1970.
Nasser was succeeded as president by his oldest and closest colleague, Anwar Sadat.
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