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Hafizullah Amin

1929 - 1979

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Hafizullah Amin (Dari/Pashto: حفيظ الله امين;‎ 1 August 1929 – 27 December 1979) was an Afghan communist head of state, who served in that position for a little over three months, from September 1979 until his assassination. He organized the Saur Revolution of 1978 and co-founded the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA), ruling Afghanistan as General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party. Born in the town of Paghman in Kabul Province, Amin studied at Kabul University and started his career as a teacher before he twice went to the United States to study. During this time, Amin became attracted to Marxism and became involved in radical student movements at the University of Wisconsin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hafizullah Amin is the 1,980th most popular politician (down from 1,833rd in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 14th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Afghan Politician.

Hafizullah Amin was the president of Afghanistan from 1979-1979. He is most famous for being the president of Afghanistan at the time of the Soviet invasion.

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Among politicians, Hafizullah Amin ranks 1,980 out of 19,576. Before him are Perseus of Macedon, Al-Mutawakkil, Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, Lucius Junius Brutus, Nabis, and Wied, Prince of Albania. After him are Huni, Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, Margaret of Anjou, Hans Luther, Jeconiah, and Senusret III.

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Among people born in 1929, Hafizullah Amin ranks 35. Before him are James Hong, Babrak Karmal, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Djalma Santos, Richard E. Taylor, and Isamu Akasaki. After him are Oriana Fallaci, Werner Arber, Fernanda Montenegro, Murray Gell-Mann, John Turner, and Zdzisław Beksiński. Among people deceased in 1979, Hafizullah Amin ranks 18. Before him are Jean Monnet, Sándor Kocsis, Talcott Parsons, Nadia Boulanger, Mika Waltari, and Shin'ichirō Tomonaga. After him are Ludvík Svoboda, Robert Burns Woodward, Mustafa Barzani, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Sonia Delaunay, and Hanna Reitsch.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Hafizullah Amin ranks 26 out of 177. Before him are Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441), Muhammad Shah (1702), Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī (1837), Babrak Karmal (1929), Hibatullah Akhundzada (1961), and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949). After him are Humayun (1508), Moinuddin Chishti (1142), Abu Maʿshar (787), Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād (1450), Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917), and Ibrahim ibn Adham (718).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Hafizullah Amin ranks 20. Before him are Muhammad of Ghor (1160), Mohammed Omar (1962), Muhammad Shah (1702), Babrak Karmal (1929), Hibatullah Akhundzada (1961), and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949). After him are Humayun (1508), Moinuddin Chishti (1142), Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917), Abdur Rahman Khan (1844), Sultan Husayn Bayqara (1438), and Shah Shujah Durrani (1785).

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