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Nur Muhammad Taraki

1917 - 1979

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Nur Muhammad Taraki (Pashto: نور محمد ترکی‎; 14 July 1917 – 9 October 1979) was an Afghan communist politician, journalist and writer. He was a founding member of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) who served as its General Secretary from 1965 to 1979 and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council from 1978 to 1979. Taraki was born in Nawa, Ghazni Province, and he got his primary and secondary education from district Pishin in Balochistan and graduated from Kabul University, after which he started his political career as a journalist. From the 1940s onward Taraki also wrote novels and short stories in the socialist realism style. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nur Muhammad Taraki is the 2,686th most popular politician (down from 2,511th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 20th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Afghan Politician.

Nur Muhammad Taraki was a communist leader who was the President of Afghanistan from 1978 to 1979. He was the leader of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, but he was overthrown and assassinated by Hafizullah Amin.

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Among politicians, Nur Muhammad Taraki ranks 2,686 out of 19,576. Before him are Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, Emperor Higashiyama, Gustav Bauer, James Francis Edward Stuart, Michael Bloomberg, and Richard Baer. After him are Yazdegerd I, Chang Myon, Myeongjong of Joseon, Viktor Zubkov, Julia Drusilla, and Nancy Pelosi.

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Among people born in 1917, Nur Muhammad Taraki ranks 34. Before him are Sidney Sheldon, Leonid Hurwicz, Óscar Romero, Andrew Huxley, William Standish Knowles, and Otto Günsche. After him are Barry Nelson, Joan Fontaine, Kiro Gligorov, Mel Ferrer, John B. Calhoun, and Rochus Misch. Among people deceased in 1979, Nur Muhammad Taraki ranks 31. Before him are Agostinho Neto, Sid Vicious, Feodor Lynen, Nelson Rockefeller, Bertil Ohlin, and Werner Forssmann. After him are Jean Seberg, Reinhard Gehlen, Yukio Tsuda, Wilhelm Bittrich, Abul A'la Maududi, and Francisco Macías Nguema.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Nur Muhammad Taraki ranks 31 out of 177. Before him are Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949), Hafizullah Amin (1929), Humayun (1508), Moinuddin Chishti (1142), Abu Maʿshar (787), and Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād (1450). After him are Ibrahim ibn Adham (718), Abdur Rahman Khan (1844), Sultan Husayn Bayqara (1438), Shah Shujah Durrani (1785), Khalil Sultan (1384), and Heracles of Macedon (-327).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Nur Muhammad Taraki ranks 23. Before him are Babrak Karmal (1929), Hibatullah Akhundzada (1961), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949), Hafizullah Amin (1929), Humayun (1508), and Moinuddin Chishti (1142). After him are Abdur Rahman Khan (1844), Sultan Husayn Bayqara (1438), Shah Shujah Durrani (1785), Khalil Sultan (1384), Heracles of Macedon (-327), and Habibullāh Kalakāni (1890).

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