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Sultan Ali Keshtmand
Afghan politician
Sultan Ali Keshtmand (Persian: سلطانعلی کشتمند; born May 22, 1935, in Kabul), sometimes transliterated Kishtmand, was an Afghan communist politician, belonging to the Parcham faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA).
He served twice as Chairman of the Council of Ministers during the 1980s, from 1981 to 1988 and from 1989 to 1990 in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
Early years
Keshtmand was born in Kabul.
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He is a member of the Hazara ethnic group. He studied economics at Kabul University and became involved in the PDPA. He joined the Parcham faction of that party, which was led by Babrak Karmal. He sought and received political asylum from British Prime MinisterJohn Major.
He lives in the UK.[1]
Role in politics
Immediately after the April 1978 coup d'état in which the PDPA came to power, Keshtmand became the minister of planning in the newly formed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
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