Who led a military coup in Pakistan in October 1999 and overthrew a democratically elected government?

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Nawaz Sharif

General Pervez Musharraf

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Benazir Bhutto

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General Pervez Musharraf led a military coup in Pakistan in October 1999 and overthrew a democratically elected government.
In October 1999, General Pervez Musharraf staged a military coup in Pakistan that ousted the previous government. He ousted a government that had been elected via democratic processes and then proclaimed himself to be the "Chief Executive" of the nation. Later, he changed his designation to President, and in 2002, the country conducted a vote that gave him an extension of his term as President for an additional five years. He proclaimed himself to be the nation's "Chief Executive" at that moment.

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