Politburo of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
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The Politburo of the Central Committee of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) or Afghan Politburo was the policy-making organ and institution within the 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[]
1st Politburo[]
- Full members
- Nur Mohammed Taraki (General Secretary)
- Babrak Karmal (Deputy General Secretary)
- Sultan Ali Keshtmand
- Tahir Badakhshi
- Candidate members
- Nur Ahmed Nur
- Dr.
- Suleiman Laeq
- Hafizullah Amin
Poltiburo members (1984)[]
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
- Unclear
- Ghulam Dastagir Panjsheri (believed to be in Kar)
- Abdul Zahoor Razmjo
References[]
- ^ J. Bruce Amstutz (1994). Afghanistan. p. 65. Retrieved 2009-03-22 – via Internet Archive.
Ghulam Dastagir Panjsheri.
Categories:
- Communist rulers of Afghanistan
- Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
- Politburos
- People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan