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Babrak Karmal
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3rd General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (1929–1996)
Babrak Karmal was an Afghan political leader who served as the General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation of the country in the 1980s. He is historically significant because his leadership during this period shaped Afghanistan's political direction during one of the most turbulent chapters of the nation's modern history.
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Hafizullah Amin
- Succeeded by
- Mohammad Najibullah
- Premier
- Sultan Ali Keshtmand
- Vice president
- Assadullah Sarwari
- Born
- Sultan Husseini , ( 1929-01-06 ) 6 January 1929, Kamari, Kabul Province , Afghanistan
- Died
- 3 December 1996 (1996-12-03) (aged 67), Moscow, Russia
- Resting place
- Hairatan , Afghanistan
- Party
- People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
- Alma mater
- Kabul University , Nejat School
- Occupation
- Politician
- Profession
- Economist, German translator
- Branch service
- Royal Afghan Army
- Years of service
- 1957–1959
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Place of birth
- Kabul
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Prime Minister of Afghanistan
- Educated at
- Kabul University
- Political party
- People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan
- Religion
- atheism
- Image
- Babrak Karmal January 1980 (cropped).jpg
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- cause of death
- liver cancer
- date of birth
- 1929-01-06
- date of death
- 1996-12-03
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- ببرک کارمل
- Commons category
- Babrak Karmal
- place of burial
- Hairatan
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Encyclopedic overview
Babrak Karmal (born Sultan Hussein; 6 January 1929 – 1 or 3 December 1996) was an Afghan communist revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Afghanistan, serving in the post of general secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan from 1979 to 1986.
Kārmal attended Kabul University and developed openly leftist views there, having been introduced to Marxism by Mir Akbar Khyber during his imprisonment for activities deemed too radical by the government. He became a founding member of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) and eventually became the leader of the Parcham faction when the PDPA split in 1967, with their ideological nemesis being the Khalq faction. Kārmal was elected to the Lower House after the 1965 parliamentary election, serving in parliament until losing his seat in the 1969 parliamentary election.
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