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Pervaiz Musharraf

Pervez Musharraf
پرویز مشرف
Pervez Musharraf 2004.jpg
Musharraf in November 2004
10th President of Pakistan
In office
20 June 2001 – 18 August 2008
Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain
Shaukat Aziz
Muhammad Mian Soomro
Yousaf Raza Gillani
Preceded by Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
Succeeded by Muhammad Mian Soomro (Acting)
Chief Executive of Pakistan
In office
12 October 1999 – 21 November 2002
President Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
Preceded by Nawaz Sharif (Prime Minister)
Succeeded by Zafarullah Khan Jamali (Prime Minister)
Minister of Defence
In office
12 October 1999 – 23 October 2002
Preceded by Nawaz Sharif
Succeeded by Rao Sikandar Iqbal
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
In office
8 October 1998 – 7 October 2001
Preceded by Jehangir Karamat
Succeeded by Aziz Khan
Chief of Army Staff
In office
6 October 1998 – 28 November 2007
Preceded by Jehangir Karamat
Succeeded by Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
Personal details
Born (1943-08-11) 11 August 1943 (age 73)
Old Delhi, British India
Nationality Pakistani
Political party All Pakistan Muslim League
Other political
affiliations
Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
Spouse(s) Sehba Musharraf
Children Two
Relatives Asim Raza (son-in-law)
Alma mater Forman Christian College
Pakistan Military Academy
Command and Staff College
National Defence University
Royal College of Defense
Religion Islam
Awards Order of Excellence Nishan-e-Imtiaz.png Nishan-e-Imtiaz
Medal of Good Conduct Tamgha-e-Basalat.png Tamgha-e-Basalat
Star of Good Conduct Sitara-e-Basalat.png Imtiazi Sanad
Spange des König-Abdulaziz-Ordens.png Order of al-Saud
Military service
Nickname(s) "Cowboy", "Mush", "Palloo"
Allegiance  Pakistan
Service/branch  Pakistan Army
Years of service 1964–2007
Rank OF-9 Pakistan Army.svgUS-O10 insignia.svg General
Unit Regiment of Artillery
Commands I Corps
XII Corps
Special Services Group
DG Military operations
40th Army Division, Okara
Battles/wars Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Siachen conflict
Kargil War
Civil war in Afghanistan (1996–2001)
1999 Pakistani coup d'état
2001–2002 India-Pakistan standoff
War in North-West Pakistan

Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: پرویز مشرف‎; born 11 August 1943) is a Pakistani politician and a retired four-star army general who was the tenth President of Pakistan from 2001 until tendering resignation, to avoid impeachment, in 2008.

Born in Delhi during British Raj, Musharraf was raised in Karachi and Istanbul, he went on to study maths at the Forman Christian College in Lahore and would later study at the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1991. Musharraf entered the Pakistan Military Academy in 1961 and was commissioned in the Pakistan Army in 1964 and went on to play an active role in the Afghan civil war. Musharraf saw action in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 as a second lieutenant, by the 1980s, Musharraf was commanding an artillery brigade. In the 1990s, he was promoted to major general and assigned an infantry division, and later commanded the Special Services Group. Later he served as deputy military secretary and the director general of military operation.


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