Ashfaq Parvez Kayani

General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani NI(M) HI
اشفاق پرویز کیانی


14th Chief of Army Staff
In office 29 November 2007 – 29 November 2013
President	Pervez Musharraf Asif Ali Zardari Mamnoon Hussain
Preceded by	General Pervez Musharraf
Succeeded by	General Raheel Sharif
Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence
In office October 2004 – October 2007
President	Pervez Musharraf
Preceded by	Ehsan ul Haq
Succeeded by	Nadeem Taj
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Acting
In office 8 October 2013 – 29 November 2013
Preceded by	Khalid Shameem Wynne
Succeeded by	General Rashad Mahmood
Personal details
Born	(1952-04-20) 20 April 1952 (age 64) Gujar Khan Tehsil, Punjab, Pakistan
Alma mater	Pakistan Military Academy Command and Staff College US Army Command and General Staff College National Defence University
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service/branch	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1971–2013
Rank	General
Unit	Baloch Regiment
Commands	12th Infantry Division DG Inter Services Intelligence DG Military Operations X Corps Vice Chief of Army Staff
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani war of 1971 Bangladesh War of Liberation

Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, (Urdu: اشفاق پرویز کیانی‎, born 20 April 1952; NI(M), HI), is a retired four-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army who served as the Chief of Army Staff from 29 November 2007 to 29 November 2013. He succeeded General Pervez Musharraf as the chief of army staff on 29 November 2007. He also held the acting charge of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from October to November 2013. In addition, General Kayani served as the Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and as director of the Directorate-General of Military Operations (DGMO). On 24 July 2010, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani extended Kayani's term as Chief of the Army Staff by three years, making him the first four-star officer to receive a term extension from any democratic government.

Forbes named him the world's 34th most powerful person in 2011 and the world's 28th most powerful person in 2012.

Ashfaq Parvez Kayani was born at Manghot, a village located in Rawalpindi District Punjab Province, on 20 April 1952. The town of Manghot is situated on the Pothohar Plateau bounded on the east by the Jhelum River, on the west by the Indus River. Ashfaq's father was a Non-commissioned officer (NCO) in the Pakistan Army.