The President of Egypt during the Yom Kippur War, also known as the October War, was Anwar Sadat.
Anwar Sadat served as the President of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination in 1981. He was a pivotal figure in the Arab world and played a key role in the peace negotiations with Israel that led to the Camp David Accords in 1978. The Yom Kippur War, which took place in October 1973, was a conflict between Egypt and Israel that resulted in a ceasefire and set the stage for future peace talks.