Nur Muhammad Taraki
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Nur Muhammad Taraki

Personal data
Date of birth15 July 1917
Place of birthGhazni, Afghanistan
Date of death14 September 1979(age 66)
Place of deathKabul, Afghanistan
Political partyPeople's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
3rd President of Afghanistan
1st President of Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
In officeApril 30, 1978 - September 16, 1979
Prime ministerHafizullah Amin
Succeeded byHafizullah Amin
Preceded byAbdul Qadir Dagarwal
12th Prime Minister of Afghanistan
1st Prime Minister of Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
In officeMay 1, 1978 - March 27, 1979
Succeeded byHafizullah Amin
Preceded byMohammad Musa Shafiq

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Nur Muhammad Taraki ( ) (July 15, 1917 � September 14, 1979) was an Afghan politician. His party, the PDPA, was eventually successful in overthrowing the Afghan monarchy and, after the prior president and his family were murdered in a coup, assumed authority as the next President of Afghanistan from 1978 until he was overthrown (and thereafter murdered) by Hafizullah Amin, his rival in the PDPA in 1979.

Taraki was born close to Kabul and educated at the Kabul University. He started his political career as a journalist and later he joined the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA), were he served as secretary general from 1965 to his death in 1979. Taraki also sat as Chairman of the Revolutionary Council from April, 1978- September, 1979.

The presidency of Taraki, albeit short-lived, was marked by controversies from the beginning to the end, with Taraki starting his economic reforms in mid 1978. Under Taraki's government massive uprisings spread across the country and much of the Afghan army would desert and swap allegiances.

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Party political offices
Preceded by
Position Created		General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
1965 - 1979		Succeeded by
Hafizullah Amin
Government offices
Preceded by
Position Created		Chairman of the Revolutionary Council
1978 - 1979		Succeeded by
Hafizullah Amin
Political offices
Preceded by
Abdul Qadir Dagarwal		President of Afghanistan
1978 - 1979		Succeeded by
Hafizullah Amin
Preceded by
Mohammad Musa Shafiq
1972-1973		Prime Minister of Afghanistan
1978 - 1979		Succeeded by
Hafizullah Amin

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Heads of state of Afghanistan since 1919

AFAF EmirateAmanullah Khan
AFAFFlag_of_AF_1928.svgAF KingdomAmanullah Khan * Inayatullah Khan
AF EmirateHabibullah Ghazi
AFAF KingdomMohammed Nadir Shah * Mohammed Zahir Shah
Flag_of_AF_1973.svgAF Daoud RepublicMohammed Daoud Khan
AF Military DictatorshipAbdul Qadir Dagarwal
AFAFFlag of the People's Democratic Party of AF.svgAF Democratic RepublicNur Muhammad Taraki * Hafizullah Amin * Babrak Karmal * Haji Mohammad Chamkani * Mohammad Najibullah
AF RepublicMohammad Najibullah * Abdul Rahim Hatef
Flag_of_AF_1992_(variant).pngAF Islamic StateSibghatullah Mojaddedi * Burhanuddin Rabbani
Flag of AF 1996-1997.svgAF Islamic EmirateMohammed Omar
AFAF Islamic StateBurhanuddin Rabbani * Hamid Karzai
AF Islamic RepublicHamid Karzai



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