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Ayub Khan

1907 - 1974

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Mohammad Ayub Khan (14 May 1907 – 19 April 1974) was a Pakistani army officer who was the 2nd president of Pakistan from 27 October 1958 to 25 March 1969. He was the first native commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Army being appointed on 17 January 1951. He rose to prominence after his 1958 Pakistani coup d'état which ousted President Iskandar Ali Mirza. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ayub Khan has received more than 307,276 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Ayub Khan is the 7,954th most popular politician (down from 7,872nd in 2019).

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ayub Khan ranks 7,954 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexander Shliapnikov, Helena Lekapene, Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria, and Semiz Ali Pasha. After him are Gotarzes I, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Mirwais Hotak, Tiridates II of Parthia, James II of Cyprus, and Amir-Abbas Hoveyda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Ayub Khan ranks 115. Before him are Johann Trollmann, Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, Daigoro Kondo, Álvaro Gestido, Helmut Walcha, and Ilona Elek. After him are Rudolf Peierls, Pierre Pflimlin, George de Mestral, Sabahattin Ali, Roger Peyrefitte, and Marcel Bezençon. Among people deceased in 1974, Ayub Khan ranks 73. Before him are Ed Sullivan, Jan Tschichold, Bill Finger, Werner Lorenz, Samuel Goldwyn, and Wolf Messing. After him are Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Wang Ming, Princess Patricia of Connaught, Yevgeny Vuchetich, Konstantin Melnikov, and Jean Daniélou.

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