Anahita Ratebzad
Anahita Ratebzad (Persian/Pashto: آناهیتا راتبزاد; November 1931 – 7 September 2014) was an Afghan socialist and Marxist-Leninist politician and a member of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) (belonging to the Parcham faction) and vice-president of the Revolutionary Council under the leadership of Babrak Karmal. One of the first women elected to the Afghan parliament, Ratebzad was deputy head of state from 1980 to 1986.
Anahita Ratebzad | |
|---|---|
آناهیتا راتبزاد | |
Ratebzad in 1980 | |
| Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Revolutionary Council | |
| In office 27 December 1980 – 24 November 1985 | |
| President | Babrak Karmal |
| Member of the Politburo of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan | |
| In office 1979–1986 | |
| Member of the House of the People | |
| In office 1965–1969 | |
| Constituency | Second District Kabul City |
| Afghan Ambassador to Yugoslavia | |
| In office July 1978 – 1980 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 November 1931 Guldara, Afghanistan |
| Died | 7 September 2014 (aged 82) Dortmund, Germany |
| Spouse | Keramuddin Kakar |
| Children | 3 |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.