Abdul Rahim Hatif

Abdul Rahim Hatif
Abdul Rahim Hatif
عبدالرحیم هاتف
Acting President of Afghanistan
	In office; 16 April 1992 – 28 April 1992
Prime Minister	Fazal Haq Khaliqyar
Preceded by	Mohammad Najibullah
Succeeded by	Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (acting)
Personal details
Born	20 May 1926; Kandahar, Afghanistan
Died	19 August 2013 (aged 87); Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
Political party	None

Abdul Rahim Hatif (Pashto: عبدالرحیم هاتف‎; 20 May 1926 – 19 August 2013) was a politician in Afghanistan.^[1] He served as one of the vice presidents during the last years of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.^[2] He was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan.^[3]

Career[]

Hatif was one of the Vice Presidents of Mohammed Najibullah since the 1988 elections.^[4] He served as the first vice president from July 1991 to April 1992.

Before the first fall of Kabul, he was the acting President of Afghanistan for two weeks in April 1992, after the resignation of President Najibullah, and before the takeover of power by the Jamiat-e Islami.

Later life and death[]

Hatif went into exile after he was put out of power in 1992. He moved to the Netherlands, where he died on 19 August 2013.^[5]

References[]

^ Clements, Frank (2003). Conflict in Afghanistan: a historical encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-85109-402-8.
^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1991July-Dec". hdl:2027/osu.32435083449116.
^ Organization of the Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan/Watan Party, Governments and Biographical Sketches 1982-1998, Volume 1, by S. Fida Yunas, pub University of Michigan, 1998.
^ Whitaker, Joseph (November 1990). Whitaker's almanack 1991. ISBN 9780850212051. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
^ "علمي،ټولنيز او سياسي شخصيت ارواښاد عبدالرحيم هاتف".

Political offices
Preceded by Mohammad Hasan Sharq	Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan 1987 – May, 1990	Succeeded by Abdul Qayyum Nurzai
Preceded by Abdul Wahed Sorabi	First Vice President of Afghanistan July 1991 - April 1992	Succeeded by Abdul Rasul Sayyaf
Preceded by Mohammad Najibullah	President of Afghanistan acting 1992	Succeeded by Sibghatullah Mojaddedi acting

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[1] Clements, Frank (2003). Conflict in Afghanistan: a historical encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-85109-402-8.

[2] "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1991July-Dec". hdl:2027/osu.32435083449116.

[3] Organization of the Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan/Watan Party, Governments and Biographical Sketches 1982-1998, Volume 1, by S. Fida Yunas, pub University of Michigan, 1998.

[4] Whitaker, Joseph (November 1990). Whitaker's almanack 1991. ISBN 9780850212051. Retrieved 12 December 2015.

[5] "علمي،ټولنيز او سياسي شخصيت ارواښاد عبدالرحيم هاتف".

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show v t Presidents of Afghanistan
Republic	Mohammed Daoud Khan
Democratic Republic	Nur Muhammad Taraki Hafizullah Amin Babrak Karmal Haji Mohammad Chamkani^* Mohammad Najibullah Abdul Rahim Hatif^*
Islamic State	Sibghatullah Mojaddedi^* Burhanuddin Rabbani Hamid Karzai^*
Islamic Emirate (de facto)	Mohammed Omar^‡ Mohammad Rabbani^§ Abdul Kabir^§§
Transitional Islamic State	Hamid Karzai
Islamic Republic	Hamid Karzai Ashraf Ghani Amrullah Saleh^*
Islamic Emirate (de facto)	Hibatullah Akhundzada^‡
* Acting Taliban leaders ‡ Leader § Deputy leader §§ Acting deputy leader

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Abdul Rahim Hatif
عبدالرحیم هاتف

Acting President of Afghanistan
In office 16 April 1992 – 28 April 1992
Prime Minister	Fazal Haq Khaliqyar
Preceded by	Mohammad Najibullah
Succeeded by	Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (acting)

Personal details
Born	(1926-05-20)20 May 1926 Kandahar, Afghanistan
Died	19 August 2013(2013-08-19) (aged 87) Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
Political party	None