 Nasser would remain as President of Egypt, and then President of the United Arab Republic, until his sudden death in September 1970 at the age of 52.Nasser was succeeded as president by his vice president, Anwar Sadat, elected by plebiscite in October 1970.Sadat served as president until his assassination in October 1981, after which his vice president, Hosni Mubarak, was elected president by plebiscite.