A founder of the Free Officers movement, he vetoed the proposal to execute King (*)
This man made Muhammad Hassanein Heikal the editor of Al-Ahram, and he mediated the 1970 Jordanian civil war. Muhammad Naguib was placed under house arrest for allegedly planning to assassinate this man, and his 1954 book Philosophy of the Revolution outlined his ruling aspirations. A founder of the Free Officers movement, he vetoed the proposal to execute King (*) Farouq after a 1952 coup, and he founded the United Arab Republic in 1958. For 10 points, name this man who nationalized the Suez Canal, the president of Egypt from 1956 to 1970.
This man made Muhammad Hassanein Heikal the editor of Al-Ahram, and he mediated the 1970 Jordanian civil war.
Gamal Abdel Nasser