Ruler · 1906 – 1985

Abdus Sattar

Lived 1906 – 1985; politician. President of Bangladesh (Bangladesh), 1981 – 1982.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1906 – 1985; 79 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Bangladesh
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

President of Bangladesh

Bangladesh · the 9th of 22 dated reigns · 1971 – 2026

5 before

Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad1975

Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem1975 – 1977

Ziaur Rahman1977 – 1981

Abdus Sattar1981 – 1982

A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury1982 – 1983

Hussain Muhammad Ershad1983 – 1990

Shahabuddin Ahmed1990 – 1991

10 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1981 – 1982 · 1 year · came to it aged 75

Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

Abdus Sattar was overthrown in March of 1982 by the then army chief General Hussain Muhammad Ershad.

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