Jehan Sadat was an Egyptian human rights activist and the First Lady of Egypt, as the wife of Anwar Sadat, from 1970 until her husband's assassination in 1981. As Egypt's first lady, she greatly influenced the reform of the country's civil rights legislation. Advance laws, referred to as the "Jehan Laws", have given women in Egypt a range of new rights, such as the right to child support and custody in the event of divorce.
- Occupation
- politician, human rights defender, university teacher, writer
- Position held
- First Lady of Egypt
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Egypt, Republic of Egypt, United Arab Republic, Egypt
- Born
- July 29, 1933, August 29, 1933
