The Politburo of the Central Committee of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan or Afghan Politburo was the policy-making organ and institution within Afghanistan's political structure when the
PDPA Central Committee and the PDPA Congress were not in session. Only one politburos was formally elected; at the 1st Congress, despite this, the membership line-up was altered numerous times during the PDPA's existence.
Historical line-up
1st Politburo
;Full members
*
Nur Mohammed Taraki (General Secretary)
*
Babrak Karmal (Deputy General Secretary)
*
Sultan Ali Keshtmand
*
Saleh Mohamed Zeary
*
Gholam Destaguir Panjsheri
*
Tahir Badakhshi
*
Charoullah Chapour
;Candidate members
*
Nur Ahmed Nur
* Dr.
Akbar Chah-Wali
*
Abdoul Karil Missaq
*
Suleiman Laeq
*
Mohammad Hasan Bareq
*
Hafizullah Amin
*
Ismaïl Danesh
*
Abdul Hakim Charayi Jowzjani
*
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Zaher Ofoq Qandahari
*
Dr. Zaher
Poltiburo members (1984)
By 1984, eight of the thirteen members and alternate members of the Politburo were Parchamis:
;Members of the
Parcham faction
*
Babrak Karmal
*
Sultan Ali Keshtmand
*
Mohammad Najibullah
Mohammad Najibullah Ahmadzai (6 August 1947 – 27 September 1996) was an Afghan military officer and politician who served as the second president of Afghanistan from 1987 until his resignation in April 1992, shortly after the Afghan mujahideen' ...
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Nur Ahmed Nur
*
Mohammad Rafie
*
Anahita Ratebzad
;Members of the
Khalq faction
*
Abdul Qadir
*
Mahmud Baryalai
*
Mohammad Aslam Watanjar
*
Salih Muhammad Zeary
*
Muhammad Ismail Danesh
;Unclear
*
Ghulam Dastagir Panjsheri (believed to be in
Kar)
*Abdul Zahoor Razmjo
References
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Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan