Pervez Musharaf

Pervez Musharraf
پرویز مشرف
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	Nishan-e-Imtiaz Tamgha-e-Basalat Imtiazi Sanad Order of al-Saud
Military service
Nickname(s)	"Cowboy", "Mush", "Palloo"
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service/branch	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1964–2007
Rank	Four-star 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.