Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein ( جمال عبد الناصر حسين , [ ɡæˈmæːl ʕæbdenˈnɑːsˤeɾ ħeˈseːn ] ; 15 January 1918 -- 28 September 1970 ) was the second President of Egypt , serving from 1956 until his death . His funeral in Cairo drew five million mourners and an outpouring of grief across the Arab world .
Gamal Abdel Nasser's only funeral was in the capital of Iran.