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Infitah (انفتاح, "openness") or Law 43 of 1974 was Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's policy of "opening the door" to private investment in Egypt in the years following the 1973 October War (Yom Kippur War) with Israel.[1]

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  1. 30 relations: Anwar Sadat, Arab socialism, Assassination of Anwar Sadat, Bureaucracy, Capitalism, Economic system, Egypt, Feudalism, Free market, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Investment, Israel, Liberalization, Middle class, Nasserism, National Review, Planned economy, President (government title), Private sector, Privatization, Progressive tax, Public sector, Soviet Union, State-owned enterprise, Statism, United States, Western world, Yom Kippur War, 1977 Egyptian bread riots, 1977 visit by Anwar Sadat to Israel.

  2. 1970s in Egypt
  3. Anwar Sadat
  4. Economic history of Egypt

Anwar Sadat

Muhammad Anwar es-Sadat (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 October 1981.

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Arab socialism (Al-Ishtirākīya Al-‘Arabīya) is a political ideology based on the combination of pan-Arabism and socialism.

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Assassination of Anwar Sadat

On 6 October 1981, Anwar Sadat, the 3rd President of Egypt, was assassinated during the annual victory parade held in Cairo to celebrate Operation Badr, during which the Egyptian Army had crossed the Suez Canal and taken back the Sinai Peninsula from Israel at the beginning of the Yom Kippur War. Infitah and Assassination of Anwar Sadat are Anwar Sadat.

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Bureaucracy

Bureaucracy is a system of organization where decisions are made by a body of non-elected officials.

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Capitalism

Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.

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Economic system

An economic system, or economic order, is a system of production, resource allocation and distribution of goods and services within a society.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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Feudalism

Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was a combination of legal, economic, military, cultural, and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe from the 9th to 15th centuries.

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Free market

In economics, a free market is an economic system in which the prices of goods and services are determined by supply and demand expressed by sellers and buyers.

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Gamal Abdel Nasser

Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian military officer and politician who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970.

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Investment

Investment is traditionally defined as the "commitment of resources to achieve later benefits".

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Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia.

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Liberalization

Liberalization or liberalisation (British English) is a broad term that refers to the practice of making laws, systems, or opinions less severe, usually in the sense of eliminating certain government regulations or restrictions.

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Middle class

The middle class refers to a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy, often defined by occupation, income, education, or social status.

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Nasserism

Nasserism is an Arab nationalist and Arab socialist political ideology based on the thinking of Gamal Abdel Nasser, one of the two principal leaders of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, and Egypt's second President.

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National Review

National Review is an American conservative editorial magazine, focusing on news and commentary pieces on political, social, and cultural affairs.

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Planned economy

A planned economy is a type of economic system where the distribution of goods and services or the investment, production and the allocation of capital goods takes place according to economic plans that are either economy-wide or limited to a category of goods and services.

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President (government title)

President is a common title for the head of state in most republics.

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Private sector

The private sector is the part of the economy which is owned by private groups, usually as a means of establishment for profit or non profit, rather than being owned by the government.

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Privatization

Privatization (rendered privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector.

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Progressive tax

A progressive tax is a tax in which the tax rate increases as the taxable amount increases.

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Public sector

The public sector, also called the state sector, is the part of the economy composed of both public services and public enterprises.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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State-owned enterprise

A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a business entity which is established and/or owned by a national or state/provincial government, by an executive order or an act of legislation, in order to earn profit for the government, control monopoly of the private sector over means of production, provide commodities to citizens at a lower price, implement government policies, and/or to deliver products and services to remote locations that otherwise have trouble attracting private vendors.

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Statism

In political science, statism or etatism (from French état 'state') is the doctrine that the political authority of the state is legitimate to some degree.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Western world

The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and states in the regions of Australasia, Western Europe, and Northern America; with some debate as to whether those in Eastern Europe and Latin America also constitute the West.

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Yom Kippur War

The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was an armed conflict fought from 6 to 25 October 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria.

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1977 Egyptian bread riots

The Egyptian "bread riots" of 1977 (intifāḍhat-ul-khobz, “The Bread Intifada”) were a spontaneous uprising against the increase in commodities' prices on the 18th and 19th of January after the Egyptian government cut subsidies for basic foodstuff.

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1977 visit by Anwar Sadat to Israel

On 19–21 November 1977, President of Egypt Anwar Sadat visited Jerusalem. Infitah and 1977 visit by Anwar Sadat to Israel are Anwar Sadat.

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See also

1970s in Egypt

Anwar Sadat

Economic history of Egypt

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infitah

Also known as Al-infitah.