Politburo of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan

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At its foundation the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) Central Committee consisted of:

Poltiburo history

First Poltiburo permanent members (1965)

The PDPA held its First Congress on January 1, 1965. Twenty-seven men gathered at Taraki’s house in Kabul, elected Taraki PDPA Secretary General and Karmal Deputy Secretary General, and chose a five-member Central Committee (or Politburo).

• • Nur Mohammed Taraki
  • Babrak Karmal
  • Sultan Ali Keshtmand
  • Saleh Mohamed Zeary
  • Gholam Destaguir Panjsheri
  • Tahir Badakhshi
  • Charoullah Chapour

Non-permanent members (1965)

• • Nur Ahmed Nur
  • Dr. Akbar Chah-Wali
  • Abdoul Karil Missaq
  • Suleiman Laeq
  • Mohammad Hasan Bareq
  • Hafizullah Amin
  • Ismaïl Danesh
  • Abdul Hakim Charayi Jowzjani
  • Abdul Majid^{[disambiguation needed ]}
  • Zaher Ofoq Qandahari
  • Dr. Zaher

Poltiburo members (1984)

By 1984, eight of the thirteen members and alternate members of the Politburo were Parchamis: ^[1]

Parchams

• • Babrak Karmal
  • Sultan Ali Keshtmand
  • Mohammad Najibullah
  • Nur Ahmed Nur
  • Mohammad Rafi
  • Anahita Ratebzad

Khalqist

• • Abdul Qadir Dagarwal
  • Mahmud Baryalai
  • Mohammad Aslam Watanjar
  • Salih Muhammad Zeary
  • Muhammad Ismail Danesh

Unclear

• • Ghulam Dastagir Panjsheri (believed to be in Kar)
  • Abdul Zahoor Razmjo

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