Mohammad Najibullah

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President of Afghanistan human politician

Mohammad Najibullah was the last Soviet-backed president of Afghanistan, known for leading the communist government in Kabul during the final years of the Afghan civil conflict before the Taliban takeover.

Aliases (3)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	President of Afghanistan → human → politician →
alsoKnownAs	Dr. Najibullah → Najibullah Ahmadzai →
causeOfDeath	hanging →
countryOfCitizenship	Afghanistan →
dateOfBirth	1947-08-06 →
dateOfDeath	1996-09-27 →
educatedAt	Habibia High School → Kabul University →
endTime	1992-04-16 →
ethnicGroup	Pashtun →
familyName	Najibullah →
fieldOfStudy	medicine →
givenName	Mohammad →
headOfGovernment	Democratic Republic of Afghanistan → Republic of Afghanistan →
ideology	Marxism–Leninism → communism →
killedBy	Taliban →
mannerOfDeath	execution →
memberOf	Parcham faction → People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan →
numberOfChildren	3 →
occupation	physician → politician →
officeContested	President of Afghanistan →
participantIn	Afghan civil war (1989–1992) → Soviet–Afghan War →
placeOfBirth	Gardez → Kingdom of Afghanistan → Paktia Province →
placeOfDeath	Afghanistan → Kabul →
positionHeld	Director of Afghan intelligence service → General Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan → Head of KHAD → President of Afghanistan →
precededBy	Babrak Karmal →
religion	Islam → Sunni Islam →
replacedBy	Sibghatullah Mojaddedi →
residence	Kabul →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Fatana Najib →
startTime	1986-11-24 →
supportedBy	Soviet Union →
tookRefugeIn	UN compound in Kabul →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mohammad Najibullah ("Najibullah Ahmadzai") → Mohammad Najibullah ("Dr. Najibullah") →	alsoKnownAs
Mohammad Najibullah ("Najibullah") →	familyName
Soviet–Afghan War →	notableCommander
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan →	notableLeader
Babrak Karmal →	succeededBy