Antonio Ramalho Eanes vs Hussain Muhammad Ershad

Eanes was a key military figure in the Carnation Revolution, commanding the forces that overthrew the Estado Novo. He later became the first Chief of Staff of the Army under the new democratic regime.

Eanes was elected as the first constitutional President of Portugal after the Carnation Revolution, winning 61% of the vote. He was a general who had played a key role in the revolution and the transition to democracy.

Eanes was re-elected as President with 56% of the vote, defeating conservative candidate Ant

After his presidency, Eanes founded the Democratic Renewal Party, a centrist political party. The party won seats in the 1985 election but later declined, and Eanes retired from active politics.

On March 24, 1982, Lieutenant General Hussain Muhammad Ershad seized power in a bloodless coup, suspending the constitution and imposing martial law. He cited corruption and economic mismanagement under the civilian government as justification.

Ershad founded the Jatiya Party in 1986 as his political vehicle to legitimize his rule. The party won parliamentary elections that year, though the polls were widely boycotted by opposition parties and criticized as rigged.

Faced with a massive pro-democracy uprising led by the Awami League and BNP, Ershad resigned on December 6, 1990. He handed power to a caretaker government, ending his eight-year military rule and restoring parliamentary democracy in Bangladesh.