Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi

Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi
Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi
Prime Minister of Afghanistan
	In office; 1 November 1967 – 9 June 1971
Monarch	Mohammad Zahir Shah
Preceded by	Abdullah Yaqta (acting)
Succeeded by	Abdul Zahir
Personal details
Born	22 February 1921; Kandahar, Emirate of Afghanistan
Died	16 September 1979 (aged 58); Kabul, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Political party	Progressive Democratic Party of Afghanistan

Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi (22 February 1921 – 16 September 1979^[1]) was an Afghan diplomat and politician.

Etemadi was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan. He served as ambassador to Pakistan for the first time from 1964 to 1965. He was appointed Foreign Minister in 1965 and became Prime Minister of Afghanistan on 1 November 1967. Due to a failure to improve the stagnating economy,^[2] he lost both positions on 9 June 1971 and became ambassador to Italy. Unlike many politicians who were prominent under the rule of Zahir Shah, Etemadi remained in the government after the 1973 coup in which a republic was established under the rule of Mohammed Daoud Khan. Etemadi left Italy and served as ambassador to the Soviet Union until 1976. He then served as ambassador to Pakistan until the Communist coup of 1978.

Etemadi returned to Afghanistan and was arrested by the Communist government. In 1979, along with many other officials in the Zahir Shah and Daud Khan governments, including former prime minister Mohammad Musa Shafiq, Etemadi was executed.

Resignation[edit]

References[edit]

^ Garthoff, Raymond L. (1994). Détente and confrontation : American-Soviet relations from Nixon to Reagan (Rev. ed.). Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. p. 1007. ISBN 0-8157-3041-1.
^ Golenpaul, Dan; Ann Golenpaul (1997). Information Please Almanac, Atlas and Yearbook. United States: McGraw-Hill.

Political offices
Preceded by Abdullah Yaqta Acting	Prime Minister of Afghanistan 1967–1971	Succeeded by Abdul Zahir

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[1] Garthoff, Raymond L. (1994). Détente and confrontation : American-Soviet relations from Nixon to Reagan (Rev. ed.). Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. p. 1007. ISBN 0-8157-3041-1.

[2] Golenpaul, Dan; Ann Golenpaul (1997). Information Please Almanac, Atlas and Yearbook. United States: McGraw-Hill.

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v t e Prime ministers of Afghanistan
Kingdom	Shir Ahmad Shir Giyan Mohammad Hashim Khan Amanat Lewana Shah Mahmud Khan Mohammad Daoud Khan Mohammad Yusuf Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal Abdullah Yaqta* Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi Abdul Zahir Mohammad Musa Shafiq
Democratic Republic (Chairman)	Nur Muhammad Taraki Hafizullah Amin Babrak Karmal Sultan Ali Keshtmand Mohammad Hasan Sharq Sultan Ali Keshtmand Fazal Haq Khaliqyar
Islamic State	Abdul Sabur Farid Kohistani Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Arsala Rahmani Daulat* Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai* Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai
Islamic Emirate (1996–2001)	Mohammad Rabbani Abdul Kabir*
Islamic Emirate (since 2021)	Hasan Akhund* Abdul Kabir*
* Acting Italics indicates a localized rebel prime minister

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International	VIAF
National	United States