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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 military officer and politician who served as the fifth president of Afghanistan from 1987 until his resignation in April 1992, shortly after the Afghan mujahideen's takeover of Kabul. He was also the General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) from 1986 to 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohammad Najibullah has received more than 2,303,330 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Mohammad Najibullah is the 3,604th most popular politician (down from 2,774th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 27th in 2019) and the 21st 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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  • 55

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  • 4.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mohammad Najibullah ranks 3,604 out of 19,576. Before him are Ferdinand II of Naples, Jahan Shah, Liutprand of Cremona, Grigory Orlov, Sobhuza II, and Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf. After him are Benny Gantz, Bahram II, Albert I, Duke of Bavaria, Ashikaga Takauji, Margaret of York, and Munmu of Silla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Mohammad Najibullah ranks 68. Before him are Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Hodgson, Meat Loaf, Kevin Kline, Carles Rexach, and Óscar Tabárez. After him are Gidon Kremer, Yukio Hatoyama, Peter Sloterdijk, Walter Röhrl, Robert Englund, and Joe Mantegna. Among people deceased in 1996, Mohammad Najibullah ranks 36. Before him are Ademir de Menezes, Solomon Asch, Andreas Papandreou, Gladwyn Jebb, Masaki Kobayashi, and Nicu Ceaușescu. After him are Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Victor Ambartsumian, William Vickrey, António de Spínola, Shūsaku Endō, and Claudette Colbert.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Mohammad Najibullah ranks 30 out of 177. Before him are Ashraf Ghani (1949), Ahmad Shah Durrani (1722), Ibrahim ibn Adham (718), Sultan Husayn Bayqara (1438), Mohammed Omar (1962), and Khalil Sultan (1384). After him are Hasan Akhund (1945), Abdur Rahman Khan (1844), Habibullāh Kalakāni (1890), Bairam Khan (1501), Heracles of Macedon (-327), and Abu Zayd al-Balkhi (850).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Mohammad Najibullah ranks 21. Before him are Hibatullah Akhundzada (1961), Ashraf Ghani (1949), Ahmad Shah Durrani (1722), Sultan Husayn Bayqara (1438), Mohammed Omar (1962), and Khalil Sultan (1384). After him are Hasan Akhund (1945), Abdur Rahman Khan (1844), Habibullāh Kalakāni (1890), Bairam Khan (1501), Heracles of Macedon (-327), and Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1925).

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