Abdul Rahim Hatif

Abdul Rahim Hatif
عبدالرحیم هاتف
Acting President of Afghanistan
In office
16 – 28 April 1992
Preceded byMohammad Najibullah
Succeeded bySibghatullah Mojaddedi (acting)
Personal details
Born(1926-05-20)20 May 1926
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Died19 August 2013(2013-08-19) (aged 87)
Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
PartyHomeland Party

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]

Early life

Hatif was born into a Pashtun family in Kandahar.[3]

Career

Hatif 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.[5][6][7][8][9]

Later life and death

Hatif went into exile after he was put out of power in 1992. He moved to the Netherlands, where he died on 19 August 2013.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Clements, Frank (2003). Conflict in Afghanistan: a historical encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-85109-402-8.
  2. ↑ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1991July-Dec". hdl:2027/osu.32435083449116.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Whitaker, Joseph (November 1990). Whitaker's almanack 1991. Whitaker and Sons Limited. ISBN 9780850212051. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Acting President Calls for Peaceful Transfer". The Christian Science Monitor. 22 April 1992.
  6. ↑ "HATIF 'READY TO HAND POWER TO MUJAHIDEEN'". Financial Review. 22 April 1992.
  7. ↑ "Interim Leader Agrees to a Rebel-Led Afghanistan: Asia: The acting president pleads for peace. He says new government must represent all factions of the guerrillas". Los Angeles Times. 22 April 1992.
  8. ↑ "AFGHAN LEADER DECLARES READINESS TO CEDE POWER". The Washington Post. 21 April 1992.
  9. ↑ "A hard-line Afghan rebel group Monday barraged Kabul with". United Press International. 20 April 1992.
  10. ↑ "علمي،ټولنيز او سياسي شخصيت ارواښاد عبدالرحيم هاتف".
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