Ayub Khan

President of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969

Born
1907
Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan NPk HJ HPk MBE was a Pakistani politician and military officer who served as the 2nd President of Pakistan from 1958 until his resignation in 1969. He was the first native Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army, serving from 1951 to 1958. Khan's presidency started in 1958 when he overthrew President Iskander Mirza in a coup d'état, and ended in 1969 when he resigned amid mass protests and strikes across the country.

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