He blocked access to the Straits of Tiran [tih-RAHN] in response to the withdrawal of funding for the Aswan High Dam.
This person wrote of aspirations to lead "55 million Arabs, then 224 million Africans, then 420 million followers of Islam" in Philosophy of the Revolution. Though it was nominally headed by Muhammad Naguib [nah-GEEB], this person controlled the Revolutionary Command Council. He blocked access to the Straits of Tiran [tih-RAHN] in response to the withdrawal of funding for the Aswan High Dam. Convinced not to resign following the Six-Day War, he oversaw the exile of King Farouk [fah-ROOK] the First. Anwar Sadat [sah-DAHT] replaced this man after his death. Name this first president of Egypt.
This person wrote of aspirations to lead "55 million Arabs, then 224 million Africans, then 420 million followers of Islam" in Philosophy of the Revolution.
Gamal Abdel Nasser (accept Jamal Abd al-Nasir)