Abdul Wahed Sarābi

Abdul Wahed Sarābi
عبدالواحد سرابی
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Born1926 (1926)
Sarāb, Jaghatu district, Ghazni province
EthnicityHazara
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Abdul Wahed Sarābi (Dari: عبدالواحد سرابی), (born 1926)[1] is a former government minister and was one of the vice presidents of Mohammad Najibullah in Afghanistan.

He was born in 1926 in Sarāb valley, Ghazni province.[2] He worked as a lecturer in Kabul University. He was the minister of planning in the Kingdom of Afghanistan from 1969 to 1973.[2]

During the communist era of Afghanistan, he served in the Revolutionary council. After the elections of 1988, Sarābi was appointed as one of the vice presidents in May 1988. [3] He was also appointed as Deputy Prime Minister in 1990.[4] His term ended when Najibullah was overthrown in April 1992.

Sarābi belongs to Muhammad Khwaja tribe of Hazaras.

References

  1. ^ Klass, Rosanne (1990). Afghanistan, the great game revisited. ISBN 9780932088581.
  2. ^ a b Adamec, Ludwig W. (1975). Historical and political who's who of Afghanistan. Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. ISBN 3201009210.
  3. ^ Fida Yunas, S. (1998). "Afghanistan: Organization of the Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan/Watan Party, Governments and Biographical Sketches 1982-1998".
  4. ^ Adamec, Ludwig W. (2012). Historical dictionary of Afghanistan (4th ed.). Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7815-0.
Political offices
Preceded by First Vice President of Afghanistan
January 1991 - July 1991 		Succeeded by


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