Biography of Pervez Musharraf

1943 August 1 1 was born in New Delhi, the capital of India, and was then a British colony. 1947 immigrated to Karachi, Pakistan. His father worked as a diplomat in the newly established Pakistan. Musharraf has lived in the Turkish Embassy with his parents since he was 6 years old, and has lived there for 7 years. Musharraf is proficient in Turkish.

196 1 18 years old, Musharraf entered the Pakistan army military academy and graduated three years later to become an artillery officer.

1965 and 197 1 year, there were two armed conflicts between Pakistan and India. Musharraf performed well in the battle and won many meritorious deeds and awards. 1964 was appointed as an artillery officer, and served successively in self-propelled artillery regiment, special operations battalion, armored division artillery unit, infantry division and field army. I studied in England and taught at Quetta Command and Staff College and Pakistan National Defence College. He has served as deputy director, deputy military secretary and director of the operational bureau of the Army Command.

In the early 1990s, he actively studied in the Command School of Pakistan General Staff and Royal National Defense University. Musharraf won medals such as "Excellence" and "New Moon", 199 1 promoted to major general, 1995 promoted to lieutenant general, 1998+00 promoted to army chief of staff and general rank. Previously served as 1 army commander. 1999 was appointed by prime minister nawaz Sharif as chief of staff of the army and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff.

1999 10 The military headed by Musharraf dissolved the then Sharif government and established the National Security Council, with Musharraf as the chief executive. The Supreme Court of Pakistan ruled in May 2000 that this "military takeover" was a "necessary action" and recognized the legitimacy of Musharraf's government.

On June 20th, 20001,Musharraf was sworn in as President of Pakistan.

On April 30, 2002, Pakistan held a referendum to support Musharraf's continued presidency after the general election in June 5438+ 10. In the same year 165438+1October16, Musharraf was re-elected as President of Pakistan for a term of five years.

On February 25th, 2004, a violent explosion occurred in Rawalpindi, killing at least seven people. Musharraf's motorcade just passed the explosion site a few minutes before the explosion, but Musharraf was not injured.

In September 2007, several opposition leaders and lawyers filed a lawsuit against Musharraf in the Supreme Court, arguing that he was unconstitutional as president and chief of staff of the army, and that Musharraf, who was in the army, could not participate in the new presidential election.

On September 28, 2007, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ruled that Musharraf's position as Chief of Staff of the Army was unconstitutional.

On June 6, 2007, the presidential election in Pakistan was held as scheduled.

On June 24th, 2008, Pakistan Election Commission confirmed that Musharraf won the presidential election.

On the 28th, Musharraf resigned as army chief of staff.

On the 29th, Musharraf was sworn in as the new president of Pakistan.

On the afternoon of August 18, 2008, Pakistani President Musharraf made a televised speech to the whole country at the Presidential Palace in Islamabad, calling it the interests of the country and the nation, and he resigned as president. The impeachment crisis, which has been raging since the 7th, ended in Musharraf's resignation.

Musharraf came to power through a coup, so he held a referendum in 2002, legalized his administration through elections, and hoped to be re-elected. Most opposition parties boycotted the election. With a very low turnout rate, Musharraf announced that 98% of voters voted for his re-election for five years. However, international public opinion is quite critical of his high-handed political operation.

Parade magazine listed Pakistani President Musharraf as one of the top ten dictators in the world in 2004.

2011February 12 Pakistan's anti-terrorism court issued an arrest warrant against former Pakistani President Musharraf, accusing him of participating in the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

20 1 March1Former President Musharraf, who had been in exile for nearly five years, announced that he would run for public office in China. Pakistan's Supreme Court threatened that Musharraf would be arrested after returning to China.

20 13 On March 28th, former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will leave Karachi, the southern port city where he first arrived after returning home, for Malbad, the capital of the Islamic State, and the security forces will be responsible for his personal safety. Security measures also include deploying three groups of commandos outside Musharraf's residence in the Islamic city of Malbad, setting up roadblocks and stepping up vigilance in relevant areas.

2013 April 18 Musharraf appeared in the Islamabad High Court, and the Chief Justice announced the cancellation of provisional bail and issued an arrest warrant to Musharraf.

20 13 On August 20th, former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was suspected of involvement in the murder of former Prime Minister Benazir? Bhutto's case was reopened and Pakistani prosecutors formally charged Musharraf, including the murder of Bhutto? Musharraf dismissed three charges in court, including Bhutto.