Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Hussain Muhammad Ershad

Bangladeshi Army Chief of Staff turned President, Member of Parliament

Date of Birth: 01-Feb-1930

Place of Birth: Dinhata, West Bengal, India

Date of Death: 14-Jul-2019

Profession: politician, military officer

Nationality: Pakistan, Bangladesh

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Hussain Muhammad Ershad

  • Hussain Muhammad Ershad (Bengali: ?????? ???????? ?????; 1 February 1930 – 14 July 2019) was a Bangladeshi Army Chief and politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990, a time many consider to have been a military dictatorship.He seized power as head of the army during a bloodless coup against President Abdus Sattar on 24 March 1982 (by imposing martial law and suspending the Constitution).
  • He declared himself President in 1983, and subsequently won the controversial 1986 Bangladeshi presidential election.
  • Despite claims to have legitimately won the 1986 election, many consider his regime as an era of military dictatorship.
  • Ershad served in the Presidential office until 1990, when he was forced to resign following a popular pro-democracy mass uprising led by Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina.
  • Ershad founded the Jatiya Party in 1986 and became a Member of Parliament for that party in the constituency of Rangpur-3 in 1991, with successful re-election in all subsequent general elections. During his tenure Ershad pursued devolution reforms, privatization of nationalised industries; the expansion of the national highway system; and the founding of SAARC; he committed his nation's forces as an ally to the United States in the Gulf War.
  • He contributed to developments in infrastructure and socio-economic growth, divesting key nationalised industries.
  • He restored the chain of command in the Bangladesh Armed Forces after the turmoil following the Mujib assassination.
  • In 1989, Ershad pushed parliament to make Islam the state religion, in a sharp departure from Bangladesh's original secular constitution.Ershad was awarded the United Nations' Population Award in 1987 for his contributions to population and environmental issues.

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