flNtIPrHTlAI HflOflJJfX1 Military Leadership Profile PAKISTAN General Mirza Aslam BEG March 1991 CI N-NAME General Miria Aslam Beg I Variant Baig No photo available CIIt4F POSITION Chief of Army Staff COAS Pakistan Army since August 1988 General Beg succeeded General Zia-ul-Haq Concurrently Beg has been Colonel Commandant of Sindh Regiment since February 1986 Amiyin July C INJ Ghulam Ishaq Khan who had been named Acting President upon the unexpected death of General Zia appointed General Beg COAS becaç egwas the senior most Army general and was Army Sff Vj” it again as of headed the Army delegation that vicited Wa%hlngton DC in 1984 and headed the COAS in 1989 b 1 the first COAS to have been trained in a free independent Pakistan — 1 General Beg served as Chief Instructor in the War Wing of the National Defence College 1 Beg was promoted to the four-star level when he asu med the VCOAS job This product responds to the Office fl - h - of the Secretary of Defense’s production requirement A00 1-96-0004 Q Decasstfrrvfi-X4 ftIirthI11AIj LI1rf’IflkiIfV4 - c E tIi I1jI I i I iLjI11I JrIti s I r -‘I rn C •21 ‘ • - - 0 ci 0- ci -I 0 I 1--I r’ •—‘ I I — 3 4 t t 4 F%ti Ilir%jP1 Al IIIFIrr% IIJllI I I L Jg WI d flpJjpg Genera Mirza Aslam BEG b 1 I Both he and his wife are Bihari emigrants from India and practicing Sunni Muslims • • - i 1i - • - L - • - • - _• U Questions and comments may be addressed toFt3 10 USC 424 Reverse Blank CONFIDENTIAUINOFORNIIXt