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Mohammad Najibullah

1947 - 1996

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Mohammad Najibullah Ahmadzai (6 August 1947 – 27 September 1996) was an Afghan military officer and politician who served as the second president of Afghanistan from 1987 until his resignation in April 1992, shortly after the Afghan mujahideen's takeover of Kabul. He was also the General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) from 1986 to 1992. After a failed attempt to flee to India, Najibullah remained in Kabul, and lived in the United Nations headquarters until his assassination during the Taliban's first capture of Kabul in 1996. A graduate of Kabul University, Najibullah held different careers under the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mohammad Najibullah is the 1,130th most popular politician (up from 3,604th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 30th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Afghan Politician.

Mohammad Najibullah was the president of Afghanistan from 1987 to 1992. He was most famous for his efforts to bring peace to the country and his efforts to improve the economy.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mohammad Najibullah ranks 1,130 out of 19,576. Before him are Gro Harlem Brundtland, Guangxu Emperor, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Tiu, Gaius Cassius Longinus, and Sunjong of Korea. After him are Liu Shaoqi, Shah Jahan, Merovech, Tarja Halonen, Khalid of Saudi Arabia, and Roderic.

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Among people born in 1947, Mohammad Najibullah ranks 22. Before him are O. J. Simpson, James Hunt, Mario Draghi, Shirin Ebadi, Anwar Ibrahim, and Paul Auster. After him are Carlos Santana, Iggy Pop, Herman Van Rompuy, Glenn Close, Robert Kiyosaki, and Ali Abdullah Saleh. Among people deceased in 1996, Mohammad Najibullah ranks 11. Before him are Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Tupac Shakur, Tadeusz Reichstein, Thomas Kuhn, Carl Sagan, and Gladwyn Jebb. After him are Krzysztof Kieślowski, Marguerite Duras, Dzhokhar Dudayev, Frank Whittle, Ella Fitzgerald, and Gene Kelly.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Mohammad Najibullah ranks 14 out of 177. Before him are Mohammed Zahir Shah (1914), Hamid Karzai (1957), Amanullah Khan (1892), Hasan Akhund (1945), Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940), and Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909). After him are Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953), Dost Mohammad Khan (1793), Abu Dawood (817), Muhammad of Ghor (1160), Mohammed Omar (1962), and Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Mohammad Najibullah ranks 11. Before him are Mohammed Zahir Shah (1914), Hamid Karzai (1957), Amanullah Khan (1892), Hasan Akhund (1945), Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940), and Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909). After him are Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953), Dost Mohammad Khan (1793), Muhammad of Ghor (1160), Mohammed Omar (1962), Muhammad Shah (1702), and Babrak Karmal (1929).

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