Abdul Hamid Mohtat

Abdul Hamid Mohtat (born 1944) is an Afghani former politician and military officer from who served as Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister.^[1]

Abdul Hamid Mohtat
عبد الحمید محتاط
Mohtat in center with a red tie
Vice President of Afghanistan
In office May 1988 – April 1992
President	Mohammed Najibullah
Minister of Communications
In office 1973 – April 1974
President	Mohammed Daoud Khan
Ambassador of Afghanistan to Japan
In office June 1978 – Unknown
Personal details
Born	1944 (age 79–80) Parwan Province, Afghanistan
Occupation	Politician, Military Officer

Mohtat was born in 1944 in Parwan province.^[2] He graduated from a military school in 1964 and was then got trained in Soviet Union as engineer.^[2] He also served as Minister of Communications^[3] in 1973 but was dismissed in April 1974^[4][5] by Mohammed Daoud Khan.^{[6] [2]} In June 1978, he became ambassador of Afghanistan to Japan.^[7][8]

He was one of the Vice Presidents in Najibullah cabinet from May 1988 to April 1992.^[9] He was also Deputy Prime Minister at that time.^[9]

References

1. Johnson, Thomas H.; Adamec, Ludwig W. (2021-05-15). Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-4929-4.
2. Adamec, Ludwig W.; Adamec, Ludwig W. (1979). First supplement to the Who's who of Afghanistan: Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Graz, Austria: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. ISBN 3-201-01113-4.
3. M.D, Hamid Hadi (2016-03-24). Afghanistan'S Experiences: The History of the Most Horrifying Events Involving Politics, Religion, and Terrorism. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-5049-8614-4.
4. Arnold, Anthony (1985-06-01). Afghanistan: The Soviet Invasion in Perspective. Hoover Press. ISBN 978-0-8179-8213-3.
5. Male, Beverley (2022-02-06). Revolutionary Afghanistan: A Reappraisal. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-53569-3.
6. Dupree, Louis (1979). Red Flag Over Hindu Kush: Leftist movements in Afghanistan. AUFS.
7. Klass, Rosanne (1990). Afghanistan, the Great Game Revisited. Freedom House. ISBN 978-0-932088-58-1.
8. Yunas, S. Fida (1998). Afghanistan: Organization of the Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan/Watan Party, Governments and Biographical Sketches 1982-1998.
9. Adamec, Ludwig W. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7815-0.