Abdul Rahim Hatif (Pashto: عبدالرحیم هاتف; 20 May 1926 – 19 August 2013) was a politician in Afghanistan.[1] He served as one of the vice presidents during the last years of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.[2]
Abdul Rahim Hatif | |
|---|---|
عبدالرحیم هاتف | |
| Acting President of Afghanistan | |
| In office 16 April 1992 – 28 April 1992 | |
| Prime Minister | Fazal Haq Khaliqyar |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Najibullah |
| Succeeded by | Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 May 1926 Kandahar, Afghanistan |
| Died | 19 August 2013 (aged 87) Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands |
| Political party | None |
Early life
editHatif was born into a Pashtun family in Kandahar, Afghanistan.[3]
Career
editHatif was one of the Vice Presidents of Mohammed Najibullah since the 1988 elections.[4] He served as the first vice president from July 1991 to April 1992.
Before the first fall of Kabul, he was the acting President of Afghanistan for two weeks in April 1992, after the removal of President Najibullah, and before the takeover of power by the Jamiat-e Islami.
Later life and death
editHatif went into exile after he was put out of power in 1992. He moved to the Netherlands, where he died on 19 August 2013.[5]
References
edit- ^ Clements, Frank (2003). Conflict in Afghanistan: a historical encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-85109-402-8.
- ^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1991July-Dec". hdl:2027/osu.32435083449116.
- ^ Organization of the Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan/Watan Party, Governments and Biographical Sketches 1982-1998, Volume 1, by S. Fida Yunas, pub University of Michigan, 1998.
- ^ Whitaker, Joseph (November 1990). Whitaker's almanack 1991. Whitaker and Sons Limited. ISBN 9780850212051. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ "علمي،ټولنيز او سياسي شخصيت ارواښاد عبدالرحيم هاتف".
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