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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 revolutionary 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 currently in Balochistan Pakistan graduated from Kabul University, after which he started his political career as a journalist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nur Muhammad Taraki has received more than 765,002 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. Nur Muhammad Taraki is the 1,867th most popular politician (up from 2,140th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 16th in 2019) and the 16th 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

Among politicians, Nur Muhammad Taraki ranks 1,867 out of 15,577. Before him are Alfonso XI of Castile, Fumio Kishida, Justin II, William II of Sicily, Sancho II of Castile and León, and Tabaré Vázquez. After him are Isma'il Pasha, Andrew III of Hungary, Rafic Hariri, King Elah, Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, and Maria Sophie of Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Nur Muhammad Taraki ranks 20. Before him are Robert Mitchum, Christian de Duve, Sidney Sheldon, Dean Martin, Joan Clarke, and Kenan Evren. After him are Otto Günsche, Louis Zamperini, Rochus Misch, Óscar Romero, Jean-Pierre Melville, and Bourvil. Among people deceased in 1979, Nur Muhammad Taraki ranks 19. Before him are Jean Monnet, Dennis Gabor, Mika Waltari, Nelson Rockefeller, Hanna Reitsch, and Ludvík Svoboda. After him are Mustafa Barzani, Nadia Boulanger, Sonia Delaunay, Werner Forssmann, Sid Vicious, and Reinhard Gehlen.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Nur Muhammad Taraki ranks 21 out of 145. Before him are Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī (1837), Mohammed Omar (1962), Babrak Karmal (1929), Humayun (1508), Habibullāh Kalakāni (1890), and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949). After him are Abdul Rashid Dostum (1954), Ahmad Shah Durrani (1722), Alp-Tegin (963), Abdur Rahman Khan (1844), Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1925), and Mohammad Najibullah (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Nur Muhammad Taraki ranks 16. Before him are Mahmud of Ghazni (971), Mohammed Omar (1962), Babrak Karmal (1929), Humayun (1508), Habibullāh Kalakāni (1890), and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949). After him are Abdul Rashid Dostum (1954), Ahmad Shah Durrani (1722), Alp-Tegin (963), Abdur Rahman Khan (1844), Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1925), and Mohammad Najibullah (1947).

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