Mahmud Ahmed
| Mahmud Ahmed | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Mahmud Ahmed |
| Nickname(s) | General Mahmood |
| Born |
c. 1944 (age 72–73) Peshawar, British Indian Empire |
| Allegiance |
 Pakistan
|
| Service/branch |
 Pakistan Army
|
| Years of service | 1966–2001 |
| Rank |
 Lieutenant-General
|
| Service number | PA – 7710 |
| Unit | 16 (SP) Regiment Artillery |
| Commands held | 23rd Infantry Division, Jhelum DG Military Intelligence (DGMI) Commandant National Defence University X Corps (Rawalpindi) DG Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) |
| Battles/wars |
Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 Soviet War in Afghanistan Afghanistan War of 1996 Indo-Pakistani War of 1999 |
| Awards | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
Lieutenant General Mahmud Ahmed (Urdu: محمود احمد) (HI(M)), is a veteran intelligence officer and a retired three-star general in the Pakistan Army who served as a director general of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the principal intelligence body of Pakistan. He along with other generals were successful in overthrowing the elected government of prime minister Nawaz Sharif, in the 1999 coup d'état to bring General Pervez Musharraf to political power. He was serving as the Corp Commander of X Corps, Rawalpindi at that time. After the coup, General Mahmud was transferred as the Director General ISI, replacing Lieutenant General Ziauddin Butt, who was Sharif's choice to replace General Musharraf as the army chief before the coup. He himself was replaced by another career Army intelligence officer Lieutenant General Jamshed Gulzar Kayani (of the 38th PMA Long Course) as the Rawalpindi Corps Commander.
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