Gamal Abdel-Nasser and Shukri al-Quwatli, meet to inaugurate the United Arab Republic
Gamal Abdel-Nasser and Shukri al-Quwatli, meet to inaugurate the United Arab Republic, Syria-Egypt union pact. The United Arab Republic (UAR), between 1958 and 1961, a political union consisting of Egypt and Syria. Syria seceded from the union after the 1961 Syrian coup d'etat. Egypt continued to be known officially as the "United Arab Republic" until 1971.