Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Hussain Muhammad Ershad (Bengali: হুসেইন মুহাম্মদ এরশাদ Hussein Muhammad Ershad, born 1 February 1930) is a Bangladeshi politician who was President of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990. Previously, he was Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army and Chief Martial Law Administrator in 1982 following a bloodless coup.He has twice been honoured as a United Nations Laureate, for contributions on population and environmental issues. He won the parliamentary elections three times after being toppled from the presidency. While in prison awaiting trial[citation needed], Ershad twice won the parliamentary elections from five different constituencies, in the elections of 1991 and 1996[citation needed].In 2008 he was part of the formation of a "Grand Alliance," led by the Awami League, in opposition to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) Four-Party Alliance. He was the first Bangladeshi politician to apologise publicly for wrongdoings of the past and asked for forgiveness[citation needed]. The Grand Alliance (মহাজোট) won the elections in December 2008, and H M Ershad was elected as a member of parliament.Ershad contributed to developments in infrastructure and socio-economic growth, divesting some nationalised industries. He brought stability to Bangladesh's Armed Forces. Ershad is currently a member of parliament and Chairman of Jatiya Party, the second-largest party in Bangladesh's coalition government, known as Grand Alliance (Mohajote), as of January 2009.. }
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- Hussain_Muhammad_Ershad abstract "Hussain Muhammad Ershad (Bengali: হুসেইন মুহাম্মদ এরশাদ Hussein Muhammad Ershad, born 1 February 1930) is a Bangladeshi politician who was President of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990. Previously, he was Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army and Chief Martial Law Administrator in 1982 following a bloodless coup.He has twice been honoured as a United Nations Laureate, for contributions on population and environmental issues. He won the parliamentary elections three times after being toppled from the presidency. While in prison awaiting trial[citation needed], Ershad twice won the parliamentary elections from five different constituencies, in the elections of 1991 and 1996[citation needed].In 2008 he was part of the formation of a "Grand Alliance," led by the Awami League, in opposition to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) Four-Party Alliance. He was the first Bangladeshi politician to apologise publicly for wrongdoings of the past and asked for forgiveness[citation needed]. The Grand Alliance (মহাজোট) won the elections in December 2008, and H M Ershad was elected as a member of parliament.Ershad contributed to developments in infrastructure and socio-economic growth, divesting some nationalised industries. He brought stability to Bangladesh's Armed Forces. Ershad is currently a member of parliament and Chairman of Jatiya Party, the second-largest party in Bangladesh's coalition government, known as Grand Alliance (Mohajote), as of January 2009.".