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Abdul Qadir

1944 - 2014

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Colonel General Abdul Kadir Dagarwal (Russian: Абдул Кадыр; Persian/Pashto: عبد القادر دگروال; 1944 – April 22, 2014), commonly known as Abdul Qadir, was an Afghan military officer and politician. He was a participant of the 1973 Afghan coup d'état that created the Republic of Afghanistan under President Dawood Khan, and later directed the Afghan Air Force and Army Air Corps squadrons that attacked the Radio-TV station during the Saur Revolution. He served as the acting head of state for three days when the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) took power and declared the foundation of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, before handing over power to PDPA leader Noor Mohammad Taraki. He later served two terms as Minister of Defense, the first as part of the Taraki government from April to August 1978, and the latter as part of the Babrak Karmal government from 1982 to 1986. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdul Qadir is the 10,181st most popular politician (up from 11,660th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 87th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdul Qadir ranks 10,181 out of 19,576. Before him are Neferkamin Anu, Detention of Mark Bernstein, Augustine Washington, Edzard II, Count of East Frisia, Christian Thielemann, and Eduard, Duke of Anhalt. After him are Ahmad Shukeiri, Umar Shaikh Mirza II, Khosrow III, Julius Oppert, Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, and Stephen Držislav of Croatia.

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Among people born in 1944, Abdul Qadir ranks 289. Before him are John Milius, Angela Winkler, Katsuyoshi Kuwahara, Ignatius Joseph III Yonan, Taylor Hackford, and Vernor Vinge. After him are Eddie Gómez, Peter Bieri, Robert Hanssen, Christine Chubbuck, Sandra Faber, and Bo Larsson. Among people deceased in 2014, Abdul Qadir ranks 159. Before him are Richard Bull, Kumba Ialá, Efua Dorkenoo, Yitzhak Hofi, Dezső Novák, and Jimmy Jones. After him are James Foley, Tadeusz Różewicz, Bert Williams, Carmelo Simeone, Ramón José Velásquez, and Bobby Collins.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Abdul Qadir ranks 85 out of 177. Before him are Gulbadan Begum (1523), Baysunghur (1397), Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840), Abdul Rasul Sayyaf (1946), Abdullah Abdullah (1960), and Muhammad of Ghazni (998). After him are Suhaila Siddiq (1938), Eucratides I (-170), Khvandamir (1475), Abdul Ahad Mohmand (1959), Unsuri (980), and Demetrius I of Bactria (-300).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Abdul Qadir ranks 59. Before him are Diodotus I (-285), Ismail Khan (1946), Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840), Abdul Rasul Sayyaf (1946), Abdullah Abdullah (1960), and Muhammad of Ghazni (998). After him are Suhaila Siddiq (1938), Eucratides I (-170), Demetrius I of Bactria (-300), Agathokleia (-200), Abdul Ali Mazari (1946), and Ashraf Hotak (1700).

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