Jehan Sadat

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Jehan Sadat
First Lady of Egypt
In role
October 15, 1970 – October 6, 1981
PresidentAnwar Sadat
Preceded byTahia Kazem
Succeeded bySuzanne Mubarak
Personal details
Born
Jehan Safwat Raouf
(Arabic: جيهان صفوت رؤوف)

(1933-08-29)29 August 1933
Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt
Died9 July 2021(2021-07-09) (aged 87)
Egypt
Spouse(s)Anwar Sadat
Children4
Alma materCairo University

Jehan Sadat[1] (Arabic: جيهان السادات, Jihān as-Sadāt;[2] 29 August 1933 – 9 July 2021) was an Egyptian politician, researcher and feminist. She was the First Lady of Egypt from 1970 until her husband's assassination in 1981.

Sadat died on 9 July 2021, at the age of 87 from cancer in Egypt.[3]

References[change | change source]

  1. Jehan Sadat, Ph.D. Archived 2018-06-10 at the Wayback Machine official website.
  2. Zhīhān al-Sadāt : al-marʼah allatī ḥakamat Miṣr! WorldCat entry.
  3. "Jehan Sadat, Widow of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Dies at 87". The Los Angeles Times. 9 July 2021.

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