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Ayub Khan

1857 - 1914

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Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan NPk HJ HPk MBE (14 May 1907 – 19 April 1974) was a Pakistani army officer and military dictator who served as the second president of Pakistan from 1958 until his resignation in 1969. He was the first native commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Army, serving from 1951 to 1958. Ayub Khan's presidency started in 1958 when he overthrew President Iskander Mirza in a coup d'état, and ended in 1969 when he resigned amid mass protests and strikes across the country. Born in the North-West Frontier Province, Ayub Khan was educated from the Aligarh Muslim University and trained at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Ayub Khan is the 7,596th most popular politician (up from 12,844th in 2024), the 68th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 99th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Ayub Khan ranks 7,596 out of 19,576. Before him are Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić, Manea Mănescu, Bretislav II, Margaret of Nevers, Emilio Colombo, and Gangjong of Goryeo. After him are Lupus II of Gascony, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Nicholas Aylward Vigors, Hatuey, Willy Claes, and Princess Charlotte of Württemberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Ayub Khan ranks 57. Before him are Cyril Genik, Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden, Le Pétomane, Juan Vicente Gómez, Jacques de Morgan, and Luigi Illica. After him are Émile Coué, Hermann Sudermann, Alfred Loisy, Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg, Herman Bang, and Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje. Among people deceased in 1914, Ayub Khan ranks 44. Before him are Johann Wilhelm Hittorf, Jurji Zaydan, George William Hill, Julio Argentino Roca, Empress Shōken, and Albéric Magnard. After him are Giuseppe Mercalli, Kitty Lange Kielland, Ödön Lechner, Paul Héroult, Theodore Gill, and Ivan Zajc.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Ayub Khan ranks 68 out of 177. Before him are Saman Khuda (701), Abu Zayd al-Balkhi (850), Ibn Hibban (883), Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza (1422), Zaman Shah Durrani (1770), and Inayatullah Khan (1888). After him are Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968), Sanai (1080), Al-Sijzi (945), Diodotus II (-252), Kujula Kadphises (20), and Jalaluddin Haqqani (1939).

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Among Politicians In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Ayub Khan ranks 48. Before him are Menander I (-190), Bairam Khan (1501), Saman Khuda (701), Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza (1422), Zaman Shah Durrani (1770), and Inayatullah Khan (1888). After him are Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968), Diodotus II (-252), Kujula Kadphises (20), Akhtar Mansour (1968), Diodotus I (-285), and Ismail Khan (1946).

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