Mohammed Daoud Khan
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Person
- Born
- 1909-07-18
- Died
- 1978-04-28
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,320x
- ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions
· 2016 · cited 14,582x
- Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3
· 2024 · cited 13,213x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,419x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,795x
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Key facts
- Vice president
- Sayyid Abdulillah
- Preceded by
- Mohammad Zahir Shah (as King )
- Succeeded by
- Abdul Qadir (acting), Nur Muhammad Taraki (as General Secretary )
- Monarch
- Mohammad Zahir Shah
- Born
- ( 1909-07-18 ) 18 July 1909, Kabul , Emirate of Afghanistan
- Died
- 28 April 1978 (1978-04-28) (aged 68), Kabul, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
- Cause of death
- Assassination
- Resting place
- near Taj Beg hill
- Party
- National Revolutionary Party
- Spouse
- Zamina Begum
- Parent
- Mohammad Aziz Khan (father)
- Allegiance
- Kingdom of Afghanistan , (1939–1963), Republic of Afghanistan , (1973–1978)
Key dates
- Born
- 18 July 1909
- Died
- 28 April 1978
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Muhammad
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Afghanistan
- Place of birth
- Kabul
- Place of death
- Kabul
- Occupation
- diplomat
- Political party
- National Revolutionary Party of Afghanistan
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
Article
Mohammad Daoud Khan (18 July 1909 – 28 April 1978), also romanized as Daud Khan or Dawood Khan, was an Afghan military officer and politician who served as prime minister of Afghanistan from 1953 to 1963 and, as leader of the 1973 Afghan coup d'état which overthrew the monarchy, served as the first president of Afghanistan from 1973 until his assassination in 1978.
Born into the Afghan royal family and addressed by the prefix "Sardar", Khan started as a provincial governor and later a military officer before being appointed as prime minister by his cousin, King Mohammad Zahir Shah, serving for a decade. Having failed to persuade the King to implement a one-party system, Khan overthrew the monarchy in a virtually bloodless coup with the backing of Afghan Army officers, and proclaimed himself the first president of the Republic of Afghanistan, establishing an autocratic one-party system under his National Revolutionary Party.
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