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Pervez Musharraf

1943 - 2023

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Pervez Musharraf (11 August 1943 – 5 February 2023) was a Pakistani military dictator who served as the tenth president of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008. He overthrew Nawaz Sharif's government in the 1999 coup d'état and proclaimed himself the chief executive of Pakistan, under martial law. Prior to his career in politics, he was a four-star general and appointed as the chief of Army Staff and, later, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by prime minister Nawaz Sharif in 1998. He was the leading war strategist in the Kargil infiltration that brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war in 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pervez Musharraf is the 2,818th most popular politician (down from 2,399th in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from India (down from 86th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Indian Politician.

Pervez Musharraf is most famous for being the president of Pakistan from 1999 to 2008. He is also known for suspending Pakistan's constitution and imposing martial law in 2007.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pervez Musharraf ranks 2,818 out of 19,576. Before him are Shalmaneser I, Abdul Hamid, Canute IV of Denmark, Nawal El Saadawi, Ayşe Sultan, and Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür. After him are Attalus II Philadelphus, Jacques Pierre Brissot, Sigismund of Burgundy, Emperor Nintoku, Jehoash of Israel, and Baldwin II, Margrave of Flanders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Pervez Musharraf ranks 59. Before him are Antonio Tabucchi, Billie Jean King, Helmut Marko, Johann Deisenhofer, Hanna Schygulla, and Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson. After him are Peter Zumthor, Mario Botta, Leonardo Sandri, Esma Redžepova, Andreas Baader, and Arthur B. McDonald. Among people deceased in 2023, Pervez Musharraf ranks 41. Before him are Harry Belafonte, Raquel Welch, Mohamed Al-Fayed, C. R. Rao, Ryan O'Neal, and Astrud Gilberto. After him are Alan Arkin, Ben Ferencz, Li Keqiang, Ray Stevenson, Lucile Randon, and Antonio Negri.

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In India

Among people born in India, Pervez Musharraf ranks 114 out of 1,861. Before him are Dayananda Saraswati (1824), C. R. Rao (1920), Rajiv Gandhi (1944), Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486), Vyasa (-390), and Ram Nath Kovind (1945). After him are Muhammad Azam Shah (1653), Tipu Sultan (1750), Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856), Baji Rao I (1700), Satyendra Nath Bose (1894), and Maharana Pratap (1540).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Pervez Musharraf ranks 43. Before him are Jahangir (1569), Harsha (590), Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924), Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (1671), Rajiv Gandhi (1944), and Ram Nath Kovind (1945). After him are Muhammad Azam Shah (1653), Tipu Sultan (1750), Maharana Pratap (1540), Rajendra Prasad (1884), Samudragupta (335), and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888).

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