When the Free Officers took control, this man made Muhammad Naguid the head of state before deposing him, and later he worked to create the United Arab Republic, which became a union with Syria.
This man worked with Abd al-Hakim Amir and Zakaria Mohieddine to create the Free Officers movement, and he fought in the Faluja Pocket during the 1948 Arab War. When the Free Officers took control, this man made Muhammad Naguid the head of state before deposing him, and later he worked to create the United Arab Republic, which became a union with Syria. After an assassination attempt, he cracked down on the Muslim Brotherhood, and caused a crisis when he nationalized the Suez Canal in 1956. For 10 points, name this secular leader of Egypt.
This man worked with Abd al-Hakim Amir and Zakaria Mohieddine to create the Free Officers movement, and he fought in the Faluja Pocket during the 1948 Arab War.
Gamal Abdel Nasser [or Jamal Abd al-Nasir]