(1930-02-01)1 February 1930 Dinhata, Cooch Behar State, British India (now, West Bengal, India)
Died
14 July 2019(2019-07-14) (aged 89) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political party
Jatiya Party (E)
Spouses
Rowshan Ershad
(m. 1956)
Bidisha Siddique Ershad
(m. 2000; div. 2005)
Children
Saad
Jebin
Eric
Relatives
GM Quader (brother)
Mozammel Hossain Lalu (brother)
Merina Rahman (sister)
Alma mater
University of Dhaka Officers Training School, Kohat, Pakistan Command and Staff College, Quetta, Pakistan
Profession
Military officer, politician
Awards
UN Population Award UN Environment Award Global Officials of Dignity Award
Military service
Allegiance
Pakistan (before 1971) Bangladesh
Branch/service
Pakistan Army Bangladesh Army
Years of service
1952–1986
Rank
Lieutenant General
Unit
East Bengal Regiment
Commands
Chief of Army Staff
AG of the Army Headquarters
Commander of 72nd Infantry Brigade
CO of 7th East Bengal Regiment
CO of 3rd East Bengal Regiment
Battles/wars
Chittagong Hill Tracts Conflict
Hussain Muhammad Ershad (Bengali: হুসেইন মুহাম্মদ এরশাদ, IPA:[huˈsei̯nmuˈɦɐmːod̪erʃad̪]; 1 February 1930 – 14 July 2019) was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the president of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990,[2] heading a military dictatorship.[3][4][5][6]
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,[7] and subsequently won the controversial[8] 1986 Bangladeshi presidential election. Despite claims to have legitimately won the 1986 election, many consider his regime as an era of military dictatorship.[3][4][5] 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. He was the longest serving male head of government in Bangladeshi history.
During his tenure Ershad pursued devolution reforms, privatization of nationalised industries; the expansion of the national highway system; and the founding of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation; 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. In 1989, Ershad pushed parliament to make Islam the state religion, in a sharp departure from Bangladesh's original secular constitution.[9]
^Mascarenhas, Anthony (1986). Bangladesh: A Legacy of Blood. Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 0-340-39420-X.
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^ ab"Ershad shows Tk 2.8m cash, says wife Raushon has Tk 262m in election affidavit". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
^ abManiruzzaman, Talukder (1992). "The Fall of the Military Dictator: 1991 Elections and the Prospect of Civilian Rule in Bangladesh". Pacific Affairs. 65 (2): 203–224. doi:10.2307/2760169. ISSN 0030-851X. JSTOR 2760169.
^"Hussein Mohammed Ershad, former Bangladeshi military dictator, dies at 89". Washington Post. 15 July 2019. ISSN 0190-8286.
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