He was born in Meit Abul Kom village located in Menoufeya Govornorate, graduated from the Military Academy in 1938 and was appointed in the Signal Corps.

When the revolution erupted, he was assigned to take over the Radio and TV networks and announce the outbreak of the revolution to the Egyptian people. In 1954 Sadat was appointed Mininster of State, then in 1959 assumed the position of Secretary to the National Union. Sadat served as Speaker of the People's Council between 1960 - 1968, Vice President and member of the Presidential Council in 1964. Sadat was reappointed as Vice President in December 1969.

After the death of President Gamal Abd El- Nasser, Anwar Sadat was elected President of Egypt in October 1970 and was reelected for a second term in October 1976. One of Sadat's major achievements was that he engineered and led the 1973 war in which the Egyptian army managed to cross the Suez Canal accomplishing a significant victory. Moreover, late President Sadat pursued further intensified endeavors in the area of establishing peace with Israel which successfully resulted into restoring Egypt's authority over the land of Sinai.

On the intellectual level, Sadat authored several books "The Full Story of the Revolution”, “Unknown Pages of the Revolution", ”Son, This Is Your Uncle Gamal ”, and "In Search of  Self"”.

And in a dramatic end, a group of fundamentalists plotted the assassination of  Sadat who was shot dead during the celebrations of the 6th of October of 1981.