Nasser and his ilk never achieve rise to power
You are rather a bit late for this to happen... he was already in power!
Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein was Prime Minister of Egypt from 25 February 1954 – 8 March 1954 & 18 April 1954 – 29 September 1962... and the second President of Egypt from 23 June 1956* until his death in 1970. A colonel in the Egyptian army, Nasser led the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 along with Muhammad Naguib, the first president, which overthrew the monarchy of Egypt and Sudan.
* Note that Naguib had been under military arrest from October 1955 until his removal in January 1955. Nasser was appointed "President pending an election"... the "official" 23 June 1956 date is merely when he was sworn in after winning the election. Nasser had been President in fact, as well as PM, since January 1955.
On 26 July 1956 Nasser ordered the nationalization of the Suez Canal, and the British/French invasion of the Canal commenced on 31 October 1956.
By his standing up to Britain and France, no matter the outcome, Nasser was enthroned as leader of the "independent Arab Nations" movement.
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