Who led the military coup in Bangladesh in 1982?
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Hussain Muhammad Ershad
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Hussain Muhammad Ershad led the military coup in Bangladesh in 1982. He was a military general who had served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army from 1979 to 1981. Ershad seized power in a bloodless coup on 24 March 1982 and became the President of Bangladesh. He ruled the country for nine years until he was overthrown in a popular uprising in 1990.
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