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Khalid al-Islambouli

1955 - 1982

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Khalid al-Islambuli (Arabic: خالد الإسلامبولي, romanized: Khālid al-ʾIslāmbūlī; 15 January 1955 – 15 April 1982) was an Egyptian military officer who participated in the assassination of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, during the annual 6th October victory parade on 6 October 1981. Al-Islambuli stated that his primary motivation for the assassination was Sadat's signing of the Camp David Accords with Israel and Sadat's plan for a more progressive Egypt. Al-Islambuli was tried before an Egyptian court-martial, found guilty, and sentenced to death by firing squad. Following his execution, he was declared a martyr by many in the Islamic world, and became an inspirational symbol for Islamic movements as one of the first 'modern martyrs of Islam'. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Khalid al-Islambouli is the 11,891st most popular politician (down from 9,761st in 2019), the 414th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 366th in 2019) and the 187th most popular Egyptian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Khalid al-Islambouli ranks 11,891 out of 19,576. Before him are Caspar Bartholin the Younger, Kadashman-Enlil I, Ramón Freire, Erika Steinbach, Ki Hajar Dewantara, and Domenico Monegario. After him are Apolinario Mabini, Xavier Espot Zamora, Jan Eliasson, James Clapper, Hormizd VI, and Meli-Shipak II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Khalid al-Islambouli ranks 200. Before him are Timothy Garton Ash, Cyprien Ntaryamira, Mia Couto, Tony Woodcock, Lena Endre, and Wendy Brown. After him are Pat Mastelotto, Mansur Yavaş, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Buck Adams, Patricia Scotland, and Toshio Matsuura. Among people deceased in 1982, Khalid al-Islambouli ranks 134. Before him are BP Koirala, Federico Moreno Torroba, Ulla Jacobsson, Harald Ertl, Art Pepper, and Jean Effel. After him are Teinosuke Kinugasa, Hermann Rauschning, Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, Maria Jeritza, Gunnar Eriksson, and Alma Reville.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Khalid al-Islambouli ranks 414 out of 642. Before him are Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam (1893), Mohamed Hassanein Heikal (1923), Al-Mansur Abu Bakr (1321), Atef Ebeid (1932), Al-Mustamsik (null), and Walther von Hünersdorff (1898). After him are Saad el-Shazly (1922), Yahya of Antioch (980), Apion (-30), Mustafa Kamil Pasha (1874), C. S. Forester (1899), and Zubaida Tharwat (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In Egypt

Among politicians born in Egypt, Khalid al-Islambouli ranks 187. Before him are An-Nasir Hasan (1334), Ibrahim Mahlab (1949), Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam (1893), Al-Mansur Abu Bakr (1321), Atef Ebeid (1932), and Al-Mustamsik (null). After him are Zainab al Ghazali (1917), Mostafa El-Nahas (1879), Sobekemsaf I (-1650), Lajin (1300), Sayf ad-Din Inal (1380), and Osorkon IV (-800).

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