Abdul Wahed Sarābi

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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.

Abdul Wahed Sarābi
عبدالواحد سرابی
Personal details
Born1926 (1926)
Sarāb, Jaghatu district, Ghazni province
EthnicityHazara

He was born in 1926 in Sarab valley, Ghazni.[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

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  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