Babrak Karmal

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Babrak Karmal was a Soviet-backed Afghan communist politician who served as President of Afghanistan and General Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party during the early years of the Soviet–Afghan War.

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Label Occurrences
Babrak Karmal canonical 15
Babrak 1
Karmal 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afghan national
communist politician
head of state
human
politician
cameToPowerWithSupportFrom Soviet Union
causeOfDeath liver disease
countryOfCitizenship Afghanistan
dateOfBirth 1929-01-06
dateOfDeath 1996-12-03
educatedAt Kabul University
ethnicGroup Pashtuns
surface form: Pashtun
faction Parcham faction
surface form: Parcham faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
familyName Babrak Karmal self-linksurface differs
surface form: Karmal
father Muhammad Hussain Khan
givenName Babrak Karmal self-linksurface differs
surface form: Babrak
headOfGovernment Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
headOfState Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
ideologicallySupportedBy Soviet Union
languageSpoken Dari
Pashto language
surface form: Pashto
memberOfPoliticalParty People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
militaryConflict Soviet–Afghan War
notableFor leadership of the Parcham faction of the PDPA
leading Afghanistan during the early years of the Soviet–Afghan War
placeOfBirth Kabul
Kingdom of Afghanistan
placeOfDeath Moscow
Russia
surface form: Russian Federation
politicalIdeology Marxism–Leninism
communism
positionHeld Ambassador of Afghanistan to Czechoslovakia
Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of Afghanistan
Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan
General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
President of Afghanistan
Prime Minister of Afghanistan
replaced Hafizullah Amin
residence Kabul
Moscow
sexOrGender male
succeededBy Mohammad Najibullah
termEnd as General Secretary of PDPA: 1986-05-04
as head of state: 1986-11-24
termStart as General Secretary of PDPA: 1979-12-27
as head of state: 1979-12-27
workLocation Kabul

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Soviet–Afghan War notableCommander Babrak Karmal
Mohammad Najibullah precededBy Babrak Karmal
Babrak Karmal givenName Babrak Karmal self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Babrak
Babrak Karmal familyName Babrak Karmal self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Karmal
Parcham faction foundedBy Babrak Karmal
Parcham faction leader Babrak Karmal
Parcham faction notableMember Babrak Karmal
PDPA founder Babrak Karmal
subject surface form: People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
PDPA generalSecretary Babrak Karmal
subject surface form: People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
PDPA notableLeader Babrak Karmal
subject surface form: People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Thawra-ye Saur significantFigure Babrak Karmal
Muhammad Hussain Khan child Babrak Karmal
Hafizullah Amin replacedBy Babrak Karmal