Ashfaq Parvez Kayani

Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
NI(M)   HI(C)   HI(M)   LoM   LoH   OMM
اشفاق پرویز کیانی
Official military portrait, 2007
8th Chief of Army Staff
In office
29 November 2007 – 29 November 2013
PresidentPervez Musharraf
Asif Ali Zardari
Mamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterMuhammad Mian Soomro (caretaker)
Yusuf Raza Gilani
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (caretaker)
Nawaz Sharif
Preceded byGeneral Pervez Musharraf
Succeeded byGeneral Raheel Sharif
Vice Chief of Army Staff
In office
8 October 2007 – 28 November 2007
Acting Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
In office
8 October 2013 – 29 November 2013
Preceded byGen. Khalid Shameem Wynne
Succeeded byGeneral Rashad Mahmood
17th Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence
In office
3 October 2004 – 8 October 2007
Prime MinisterShaukat Aziz
Preceded byLt-Gen. Ehsan-ul-Haq
Succeeded byLt-Gen. Nadeem Taj
Commander X Corps, Rawalpindi
In office
October 2003 – October 2004
Director General of Military Operations at GHQ
In office
2000–2003
Personal details
Born
Ashfaq Pervez Kayani

(1952-04-20) 20 April 1952 (age 72)
Gujar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan
Alma mater
Civilian awardsHilal-e-Imtiaz (Civilian)
Nicknames
  • Kayani
  • The thinking General
  • Quiet General
Military service
AllegiancePakistan Pakistan
Branch/service Pakistan Army
Years of service1971–2013
Rank General
Unit5th Baloch
Commands
Battles/wars
Military awards

General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani NI(M) HI(C) HI(M) LoM LoH OMM (Urdu: اشفاق پرویز کیانی ; born 20 April 1952), is a retired four-star general of the Pakistan Army who served as the eighth chief of army staff, being appointed on 29 November 2007 after his predecessor Pervez Musharraf retired from his military service and remained in the office until 29 November 2013.

Initially appointed as Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS) under then-President Pervez Musharraf on 8 October 2007, he formally took over the command of the army when President Pervez Musharraf retired from his military service on 29 November 2007. In addition, General Kayani served as the Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and as director of the Directorate-General of Military Operations (DGMO), overseeing major war efforts in the war on terror. On 24 July 2010, Kayani's tenure was extended for three more years by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani to continue the war efforts against the insurgent outfits.[1][2]

Forbes named him the world's 34th most powerful person in 2011[3] and the world's 28th most powerful person in 2012.[3]

  1. ^ Khan, Iftikhar A., "Kayani to stay on as COAS till 2013: The night of the quiet general", Dawn, 23 July 2010.
  2. ^ Jan, Reza, "Continuity in a Time of Flux: Pakistan Army Chief's Term Extended" Archived 9 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine, AEI Critical Threats, 9 August 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  3. ^ a b "The World's Most Powerful People – Ashfaq Parvez Kayani". Forbes.