Babrak Karmal

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Afghan national communist politician head of state human politician

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.

Aliases (2)

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	Pashtun →
faction	Parcham faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan →
familyName	Karmal →
father	Muhammad Hussain Khan →
givenName	Babrak →
headOfGovernment	Democratic Republic of Afghanistan →
headOfState	Democratic Republic of Afghanistan →
ideologicallySupportedBy	Soviet Union NERFINISHED →
languageSpoken	Dari → 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 → 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 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Babrak Karmal ("Karmal") →	familyName
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan →	foundedBy
Babrak Karmal ("Babrak") →	givenName
Soviet–Afghan War →	notableCommander
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan →	notableLeader
Mohammad Najibullah →	precededBy