When did Hussain Muhammad Ershad declare himself as President?
1980
1985
1983
1982
Answer
Hussain Muhammad Ershad declared himself as President of Bangladesh in 1983. He had previously been the Chief of Army Staff, and had seized power in a military coup in 1982. He ruled as a military dictator for the next eight years, before being overthrown in a popular uprising in 1990.
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