Ayub Khan
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Muhammad Ayub Khan (Urdu: /Pashto: محمد ايوب خان), GCMG, MBE, HJ, NPk, (May 14, 1907 – April 19, 1974) was a field marshal during the mid-1960s, and the President of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969. He became Pakistan's first native Commander in Chief in 1951. He was the youngest full-rank general and self-appointed field marshal in Pakistan's military history.
Khan became president in 1958 as part of a non-violent coup. In the 1965 presidential election, people thought that Khan had cheated so he could win against Fatimah Jinnah.
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