In 1969 , Sattar was appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan . He organised the first general election of Pakistan in 1970 , in which the Awami League gained a historic parliamentary majority to form government . The League was denied the handover of power by the then military junta led by General Yahya Khan . As the Bangladesh Liberation War erupted with a genocide against Bengali civilians , Sattar was stranded in Islamabad , West Pakistan , removed from official positions and interned by the Pakistani government . In 1973 , Sattar returned to independent Bangladesh as part of the repatriation of stranded Bengali officials . He enjoyed rising prominence in Dhaka , but lived a quiet life with his wife and had no children
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1971 Bangladesh genocide
Abdus Sattar (president)