Led Egypt from 1954 until his death and became the leading voice of Arab nationalism. His nationalisation of the Suez Canal in 1956 set off the Suez Crisis.
Taiwan writes his name 纳瑟. He met 周恩来 at the 1955 Bandung Conference, and in May 1956 Egypt became the first Arab and the first African country to recognize the 中华人民共和国.
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Standard rendering of Arabic ناصر (Nasr/Nasser, 'helper, victorious'). 纳 'Nà' for the 'Na-' opener, 赛 'sài' (also in 比赛 'compete') for '-ss-', 尔 'ěr' is the universal foreign-name '-er' tail.