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Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician, 3rd President of Afghanistan (born 1917)

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Nur Muhammad Taraki

First leader of Socialist Afghanistan

Nur Muhammad Taraki 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.
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President of Afghanistan

Defunct political office in Afghanistan

The president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was constitutionally the head of state and head of government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and Commander-in-Chief of the Afghan Armed Forces.
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