Permanent historical factsheet

Prime Minister of Afghanistan

Afghanistan · Government / Government of Afghanistan. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

10Records
1946–1996Date range
10Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1946

Shah Mahmud Khan9 May 1946

Kabul · Government / Government of Afghanistan

Shah Mahmud Khan replaces Mohammad Hashim Khan as prime minister.

1953

Mohammad Daoud Khan7 September 1953

Kabul · Government / Government of Afghanistan

Mohammad Daoud Khan becomes prime minister and begins a decade of centralized government.

1963

Mohammad Yusuf Khan10 March 1963

Kabul · Government / Government of Afghanistan

Mohammad Yusuf becomes prime minister and leads preparations for constitutional government.

1965

Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal2 November 1965

Kabul · Government / Government of Afghanistan

Maiwandwal becomes prime minister after the first parliamentary elections under the 1964 Constitution.

1967

Nur Ahmad Etemadi1 November 1967

Kabul · Government / Government of Afghanistan

Nur Ahmad Etemadi becomes prime minister after a period of cabinet instability.

1971

Abdul Zahir9 June 1971

Kabul · Government / Government of Afghanistan

Abdul Zahir becomes prime minister during the final years of the monarchy.

1972

Mohammad Musa Shafiq12 December 1972

Kabul · Government / Government of Afghanistan

Mohammad Musa Shafiq becomes the monarchy's final prime minister.

1978

Nur Muhammad Taraki30 April 1978

Kabul · Government / Government of Afghanistan

Taraki assumes the offices of head of state, prime minister, and PDPA general secretary.

1979

Hafizullah Amin27 March 1979

Kabul · Government / Government of Afghanistan

Amin becomes prime minister while Taraki remains head of state and PDPA general secretary.

1996

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar26 June 1996

Kabul · Government / Government of Afghanistan

Hekmatyar again becomes prime minister under a renewed agreement with Rabbani.

Names involved

Abdul ZahirGulbuddin HekmatyarHafizullah AminMohammad Daoud KhanMohammad Hashim MaiwandwalMohammad Musa ShafiqMohammad Yusuf KhanNur Ahmad EtemadiNur Muhammad TarakiShah Mahmud Khan

Provenance

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