biography
| name: |
Ayub Khan, Mohammad
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pronunciation:
[ayub kahn]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1907–74)
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| biography:
| Pakistani soldier and president (1958–69), born in Hazara, EC Pakistan (formerly India). He studied at Aligarh Moslem University, trained at Sandhurst Military Academy, and became commander-in-chief of Pakistan's army (1951) and a field marshal (1959). He became president after a bloodless army coup, and established a stable economy and political autocracy. In 1969, after widespread civil disorder, he relinquished power and martial law was re-established. |
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