Musharraf was born on August 11, 1943, in Delhi, British India.
He got his commission from the Pakistan Military Academy Kakul on April 19, 1961.
Upon getting his commission, the former military ruler joined the special services group.
The military ruler also took part in the 1965 and 1971 wars.
He was promoted to the rank of general in 1998 and took over as the chief of army staff (COAS) post that he held till 2007. A year later on October 12, 1999, Gen (retd) Musharraf usurped power in a coup d’etat.
Musharraf remained the longest-serving president of Pakistan as he took over the country’s reins.
He was elected as the president through a referendum in 2002 and remained in office till 2008.
Later in 2004, he was elected as a president in uniform for five years via the 17th Amendment in the Constitution of Pakistan.
