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When did Gamal Abdel Nasser become president of Egypt?
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Gamal Abdel Nasser, photograph by Yousuf Karsh.
Gamal Abdel Nasser became the president of Egypt in 1956. In June of that year, he was elected to the position after receiving 99.948 percent of the vote in a national referendum in which he was the sole candidate. He served as president until his death in 1970.123