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Modern Egypt: Rulers

Baybars I, Mamluk sultan (1260–77) of Egypt and Syria
Muhammad Ali, pasha of Egypt after 1805
Ismail Pasha, ruler of Egypt (1863–79)
Tewfik Pasha (Muhammad Tewfik), khedive of Egypt (1879–92)
Abbas II, last khedive of Egypt (1892–1914)
Fuad I (Ahmed Fuad Pasha), first king of modern Egypt (1922–36)
Farouk, king of Egypt (1936–52)
Gamal Abdal Nasser, Egyptian army officer and political leader, first president of the republic of Egypt (1956–70)
Anwar al-Sadat, Egyptian political leader and president (1970–81)
Muhammad Hosni Mubarak, president of Egypt (1981–)

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