Prime Minister Gamal Abdel Nasser in full military dress. He would serve as both the Prime Minister and Minister of Warfare if the Sultanate of Egypt and the Levant from 1954 to 1966 when he would retire due ti health reasons after suffering a major heart attack.
First coming to prominence as one of the new graduates of King Farouk’s newly chosen “Mechanised Warfare” school of though.
He would make a name for himself during the Arab Liberation Wars as a unit leader within the 1st Mechanised Infantry brigade where he would distinguish himself in Liberation of Al Quds before getting wounded in Anatolia and spending the rest of the war in the hospital.
He would then be sent by the government to get further education and training in the Commune of France as part of the Egyptian participation in the Phalansteré before volunteering to lead the Egyptian volunteer brigade during the 2nd Weltkreig, where he would partake in the liberation of Tunisia and the grand battle of Algiers.
By the time the war ends he will’ve become a household name in Egypt, having been personally honoured by hing Farouk himself during the peace celebrations in 46 and even got his own stamp minted in his honour across the Arab world.
From there he would go on to lead the Sultanate’s forces during the Arab-Ethiopian wars, being personally present during Emperor Haile Selassie’s surrender.
Needless to say, all these victories have cemented his image as Egypt’s 2nd favorite son behind only Sultan Farouk himself in popularity. His years of education in France had left him with a strong affinity towards Socialism and Liberalism, that coupled with his reputation as Egypt’s war hero made it incredibly easy for him to win the leadership of the Egyptian National Democratic Party (SocDems) despite his young age, and from there it was a sure shot to being elected as Prime minister.
As prime minister he would try to play all sides of the global scales of power, maintaining the close Egyptian ties with the UoB and the 3I, but also trying to forge closer relationships with the US and the Commonwealth of Canada.
He would also work tirelessly to transform the league of Arab nations from a mere military alliance with limited economic and cultural cooperation into something more based on the Third International’s model, with full economic and cultural integration between member states, his Magnum Opus being the formalisation of the Arab Common Market that worked to integrate the entire Middle East economically, and the formation of the Islamic Scholarly Council, an organisation compromised of the greatest Islamic scholars in the world at the time including the Egyptian and Hashemite Grand Muftis as well as the Persian Shaikhul Islam that would work to codify, organise and in a sense modernise Islamic laws and Fiqh within the member states.
It was an organisation made specifically to supplant the Ottoman Emperor’s claims to being the highest religious authority on the counts of him being Khalifa, a goal which it had been incredibly successful at, judging by the fact that even non Arab-league member nations have sought out and gained seats on the council, including the Commune of Tunis, the Algerian Socialist republic and the Indian Empire.
Flag of the Islamic Scholarly Council.
Domestically he would see the final transformation of Egypt from a feudal kingdom into the modern, constitutional monarchy that Sultan Farouk had originally envisioned back in the 1930s. He would copy a lot from what he saw in the CoF all those years ago, implementing free welfare, healthcare and education programs, as well as seeing to the finalisation of the land reforms originally decreed by the Sultan in the early 40s.
He would also learn from the Russian model, going on a massive industrialisation effort to help cement Egypt’s place as the economic and industrial powerhouse of the Arab League, especially in the face of rising challenges to Egypt’s leadership position from the newly oil rich Iraq and Hashemite Arabia.
A sudden heart attack in 66 as well as his worsening diabetes and general health would see to Abdel Nasser’s retirement from his position as both Prime Minister and Minister of War, but he would remain as the head of the National Democratic Party and his Pan-Arabic, “Socialist Monachy” ideology (later on dubbed Nasserism and Faroukism) would dominate not only Egyptian, but Arab political ideology for decades to come and up to this very day.
On the 28’th of September 1970, Gamal Abdel Nasser Pasha would suffer a major heart attack while in his estate on the outskirts of Cairo, he would be rushed to the King Fuad Military Hospital where he would die hours later. His funeral would be attended by millions including leaders and representatives from every Arab nation as well as representatives from the UoB and CoF.
The Funeral Processions of Gamal Pasha Abdel Nasser, hero and cherished son of the Arab Sultanate of Egypt and The Levant.