1982 Bangladeshi coup d'état
| 1982 Siege of Dhaka | |||||||
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| Part of the Cold War | |||||||
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| Abdus Sattar | H. M. Ershad | ||||||
The 1982 coup d'état was a military coup by Lt. Gen. Hussain Muhammad Ershad, the then-Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh, against President Abdus Sattar. 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.