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Mohammad Najibullah

1947 - 1996

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Mohammad Najibullah Ahmadzai (Pashto/Dari: محمد نجیب‌الله احمدزی, Pashto: [mʊˈhamad nad͡ʒibʊˈlɑ ahmadˈzai]; 6 August 1947 – 27 September 1996), commonly known as Dr. Najib, was an Afghan politician who served as the General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, the leader of the one-party ruling Republic of Afghanistan from 1986 to 1992 and as well as the President of Afghanistan from 1987 until his resignation in April 1992, shortly after which the mujahideen took over Kabul. After a failed attempt to flee to India, Najibullah remained in Kabul. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohammad Najibullah has received more than 2,103,654 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Mohammad Najibullah is the 2,782nd most popular politician (up from 3,975th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 29th in 2019) and the 22nd 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 2,782 out of 15,577Before him are Emperor Qianshao of Han, Juba I of Numidia, Ahhotep I, Stephen III of Hungary, Milan Nedić, and Milovan Đilas. After him are Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria, Stefan Dečanski, Idomeneus of Crete, Mstislav I of Kiev, Telipinu, and Hormizd IV.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Mohammad Najibullah ranks 52Before him are Gerd Binnig, James Woods, Megawati Sukarnoputri, Rob Rensenbrink, Jonathan Pryce, and Bruno Latour. After him are Mykola Azarov, Richard Dreyfuss, Kevin Kline, Tostão, Sofia Rotaru, and Jonathan Banks. Among people deceased in 1996, Mohammad Najibullah ranks 28Before him are Silvio Piola, Sergiu Celibidache, Artur Axmann, Marcel Carné, Mohamed Farrah Aidid, and René Clément. After him are Magda Schneider, Timothy Leary, Andreas Papandreou, Odysseas Elytis, Nevill Francis Mott, and Abdus Salam.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Mohammad Najibullah ranks 27 out of 145Before him are Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917), Abdul Rashid Dostum (1954), Ahmad Shah Durrani (1722), Alp-Tegin (963), Abdur Rahman Khan (1844), and Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1925). After him are Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād (1450), Ashraf Ghani (1949), Nur Jahan (1577), Sultan Husayn Bayqara (1438), Moinuddin Chishti (1142), and Khaled Hosseini (1965).

Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Mohammad Najibullah ranks 22Before him are Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917), Abdul Rashid Dostum (1954), Ahmad Shah Durrani (1722), Alp-Tegin (963), Abdur Rahman Khan (1844), and Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1925). After him are Ashraf Ghani (1949), Sultan Husayn Bayqara (1438), Moinuddin Chishti (1142), Menander I (-190), Hibatullah Akhundzada (1961), and Heracles of Macedon (-327).