Nasser Elected President - 1956 | Today In History | 23 June 17

On June 23, 1956, Gamal Abdel Nasser was elected president of Egypt.


Colonel Nasser the Egyptian leader, and hero of the moment, was mobbed, as he tried to make his way through Port Said. The occasion was to hoist the Egyptian flag over the former 'Navy House'.


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