Abdus Sattar
president of Bangladesh
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Abdus Sattar served as the president of Bangladesh from 1981 to 1982. He became president following the assassination of Ziaur Rahman, initially confirmed by an election in 1981. However, Sattar was ill, and real power was wielded by Lieutenant General Hussein Mohammad Ershad. Ershad eventually removed Sattar from office in a coup on March 24, 1982, and assumed control as chief martial law administrator.1
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