Ruler · 1929 – 1996

Babrak Karmal

Lived 1929 – 1996; politician, diplomat. Top leader of Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, 1979 – 1986. The atlas files them under Kingdom of Afghanistan.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1929 – 1996; 67 years
In office: 7 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

Top leader

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan · the 3rd of 4 dated reigns · 1978 – 1992

Nur Muhammad Taraki1978 – 1979

Hafizullah Amin1979

Babrak Karmal1979 – 1986

Mohammad Najibullah1986 – 1992

killed, executed or dead in battleleft alive by a regular roadending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1979 – 1986 · 7 years

Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

Understanding that his Soviet support had been eliminated, Karmal resigned from the office of the General Secretary at the 18th PDPA Central Committee plenum.

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