词条 | Sādāt, Anwar el- |
释义 | Sādāt, Anwar el- president of Egypt in full Muḥammad Anwar el-Sādāt, el-Sādāt also spelled al-Sādāt born Dec. 25, 1918, Mit Abū al-Kawm, Al-Minūfiyyah governorate, Egypt died Oct. 6, 1981, Cairo ![]() ![]() Sādāt's domestic and foreign policies were partly a reaction against those of Nasser and reflected Sādāt's efforts to emerge from his predecessor's shadow. One of Sādāt's most important domestic initiatives was the open-door policy known as infitāḥ (Arabic: “opening”), a program of dramatic economic change that included decentralization and diversification of the economy as well as efforts to attract trade and foreign investment. Sādāt's efforts to liberalize the economy came at significant cost, including high inflation and an uneven distribution of wealth, deepening inequality and leading to discontent that would later contribute to food riots in January 1977. It was in foreign affairs that Sādāt made his most dramatic efforts. Feeling that the Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) gave him inadequate support in Egypt's continuing confrontation with Israel, he expelled thousands of Soviet technicians and advisers from the country in 1972. In addition, Egyptian peace overtures toward Israel were initiated early in Sādāt's presidency, when he made known his willingness to reach a peaceful settlement if Israel returned the Sinai Peninsula (captured by that country in the June 【Six-Day】 War of 1967). Following the failure of this initiative, Sādāt launched a military attack in coordination with Syria to retake the territory, sparking the October (Yom Kippur (Arab-Israeli wars)) War of 1973. The Egyptian army achieved a tactical surprise in its attack on the Israeli-held territory, and, though Israel successfully counterattacked, Sādāt emerged from the war with greatly enhanced prestige as the first Arab leader to have actually retaken some territory from Israel. (See Arab-Israeli wars.) ![]() ![]() While Sādāt's popularity rose in the West, it fell dramatically in Egypt because of internal opposition to the treaty, a worsening economic crisis, and Sādāt's suppression of the resulting public dissent. In September 1981 he ordered a massive police strike against his opponents, jailing more than 1,500 people from across the political spectrum. The following month Sādāt was assassinated by Muslim extremists during the Armed Forces Day military parade commemorating the Yom Kippur War. Sādāt's autobiography, In Search of Identity, was published in 1978. Additional Reading Studies of Sādāt's life and achievements include Raymond A. Hinnebusch, Egyptian Politics Under Sadat: The Post-Populist Development of an Authoritarian-Modernizing State, 2nd ed. (1985); Raphael Israeli, Man of Defiance: A Political Biography of Anwar Sadat (1985); Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Sadat and His Statecraft, 2nd ed. (1983); Muḥammad Ḥasanayn Haykal, Autumn of Fury: The Assassination of Sadat (1983); and David Hirst and Irene Beeson, Sadat (1981). |
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