1982 Bangladeshi coup d'état

1982 Siege of Dhaka
Part of the Cold War
DateMarch 24 1982
Location
Bangladesh
Result Successful coup
Belligerents
Commanders and leaders
Abdus Sattar H. M. Ershad

Lieutenant General Hussain Muhammad Ershad, the then-chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh, led a coup d'état against the then-president of Bangladesh, Abdus Sattar, in 1982. After serving initially as the Chief Martial Law Administrator and installing a civilian president, Justice A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, Ershad assumed presidency in 1983 and ruled until 1990.

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