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Politburo of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan 
Summary
The Politburo of the Central Committee of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan or Afghan Politburo was the policy-making organ and institution within Afghanistan's political structure when the PDPA Central Committee and the PDPA Congress were not in session. Only one politburos was formally elected; at the 1st Congress, despite this, the membership line-up was altered numerous times during the PDPA's existence.
Historical line-up edit
1st Politburo edit
- Full members
- Nur Mohammed Taraki (General Secretary)
- Babrak Karmal (Deputy General Secretary)
- Sultan Ali Keshtmand
- Saleh Mohamed Zeary
- Gholam Destaguir Panjsheri
- Tahir Badakhshi
- Charoullah Chapour
- Candidate members
- Nur Ahmed Nur
- Dr. Akbar Chah-Wali
- Abdoul Karil Missaq
- Suleiman Laeq
- Mohammad Hasan Bareq
- Hafizullah Amin
- Ismaïl Danesh
- Abdul Hakim Charayi Jowzjani
- Abdul Majid
- Zaher Ofoq Qandahari
- Dr. Zaher
Poltiburo members (1984) edit
By 1984, eight of the thirteen members and alternate members of the Politburo were Parchamis:[1]
- Members of the Parcham faction
- Babrak Karmal
- Sultan Ali Keshtmand
- Mohammad Najibullah
- Nur Ahmed Nur
- Mohammad Rafie
- Anahita Ratebzad
- Members of the Khalq faction
- Abdul Qadir
- Mahmud Baryalai
- Mohammad Aslam Watanjar
- Salih Muhammad Zeary
- Muhammad Ismail Danesh
- Unclear
- Ghulam Dastagir Panjsheri (believed to be in Kar)
- Abdul Zahoor Razmjo
References edit
- ^ J. Bruce Amstutz (1994). Afghanistan. p. 65. Retrieved 2009-03-22 – via Internet Archive.
Ghulam Dastagir Panjsheri.