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Hussein Mohammed Ershad, former Bangladeshi military dictator, dies at 89

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July 15, 2019 at 10:54 a.m. EDT
Former Bangladeshi dictator Hussain Muhammad Ershad in 1997, waving to supporters as he is released from prison in Dhaka. (Pavel Rahman/AP)

Hussein Mohammed Ershad, the former military dictator of Bangladesh who ruled from 1982 to 1990 and was serving as opposition leader in Parliament, died July 14 at a hospital in Dhaka, the capital. He was 89.

The death was confirmed by his younger brother, G.M. Quader, who said Mr. Ershad had been suffering from lung and kidney infections.