1982 Bangladesh coup d'état

When

24 Mar 1982

Kind

Coup

Coordinates

23.73° N, 90.39° E

Description

Bangladeshi coup

1982 military coup in Bangladesh

Lieutenant General Hussain Muhammad Ershad, the then-chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh, led a coup d'état against the then-president of Bangladesh, Abdus Sattar, in 1982. After serving initially as the Chief Martial Law Administrator and installing a civilian president, Justice A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, Ershad assumed presidency in 1983 and ruled until 1990.

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