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General Pervez Musharraf (born August 11, 1943) became ruler of Pakistan in 1999 following a bloodless coup.
Musharraf was born in 1943 in what is now India. He moved with his parents to Pakistan in 1947. He was trained as a commando and fought in two wars against India.
After rose to the rank of Chief General. As Army Chief of Staff, he seized power in a military coup d'état on October 12, 1999, placing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif under house arrest. On December 22, 1998, the Pakistani government sent 30,000 troops to occupy the nation's power stations. This helped give the military control over the economy. He formally became President of Pakistan on June 20, 2001.
Musharraf is considered a moderate leader by Western governments because he is willing to deal with the West. He has been open to making economic reforms and to modernize Pakistan. He is considered to be secular, and his rise to power was marked by a widespread purge of Islamist elements within the military and security forces.
Following the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks Musharraf has worked closely with American President George W. Bush in the War on Terror.