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Ashfaq Pervez Kayani

General
Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
NI(M) HI
اشفاق پرویز کیانی
Kayani in July 2010.jpg
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 US-O10 insignia.svg 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.


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