Tarek Abdel Nasser

Tarek Abdel Nasser (Arabic: طارق عبدالناصر; born August 1949) is a retired Egyptian military officer and the youngest brother of President Gamal Abdel Nasser. A veteran of the October 1973 War, he rose to Major General in the Egyptian Armed Forces and served in the elite Thunderbolt Forces.^[1][2][3]

Nasser was born in Alexandria in 1949.^[4] In 1967, following the Six-Day War, Nasser enrolled in the Egyptian Military Academy.^[2]

Nasser joined the Thunderbolt Forces (Sa'ka). During the War of Attrition (1967–1970) and the October 1973 War, he was a member of the legendary Group 39 Combat, an elite special operations unit led by Colonel Ibrahim al-Rifa'i.^[1][5]

During the 1973 conflict, he fought in the Battle of Deversoir, where Egyptian forces attempted to halt the Israeli military's breach across the Suez Canal.^[1] He remained in the military until the signing of the Camp David Accords, at which point he reportedly resigned in protest of the shift in Egypt's regional policy under Anwar Sadat. He eventually retired from the reserves with the rank of Major General.^[6][7]

Nasser has often served as a guardian of the Nasserist legacy. In various interviews, he has defended the social justice goals of the July 23 Revolution while maintaining a modest lifestyle in Cairo.^[2][3]

In late 2025 and early 2026, Tarek became the subject of widespread media attention following a legal and physical dispute over his residence in the Mohandessin district of Giza. Reports indicated that the owner of the building where Tarek lived under an "old rent" contract allegedly attempted to forcibly evict him, resulting in damage to the apartment's entrance .^[8] The incident was reported to the police and escalated to the Egyptian courts, with major outlets such as Al Arabiya and RT Arabic covering the proceedings through February 2026.^[9][10]

• Gamal Abdel Nasser
• Egyptian Revolution of 1952
• Thunderbolt Forces
• Yom Kippur War
• History of Egypt under Anwar Sadat