Mohammad Musa Shafiq

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Mohammad Musa Shafiq (1932–1979) was an Afghan politician and poet. He became Foreign Minister in 1971 and Prime Minister in December 1972. He lost both positions when Mohammed Zahir Shah was overthrown on July 17, 1973. He survived throughout the regime of Mohammed Daoud Khan, but was arrested after the 1978 communist coup d'etat and executed along with many other non-communist politicians.

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Kingdom of Afghanistan, Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan • Mohammed Daoud Khan • Mohammad Yusuf • Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal • Abdullah Yaqta* • Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi • Sharifi Abdul Zahir • Mohammad Musa Shafiq Daoud's Republic of Afghanistan, office vacant Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, Nur Mohammad Taraki • Hafizullah Amin • Babrak Karmal • Sultan Ali Keshtmand • Mohammad Hasan Sharq • Sultan Ali Keshtmand • Fazal Haq Khaliqyar Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Abdul Sabur Farid Kuhestani • Gulbuddin Hekmatyar • Arsala Rahmani* • Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai* • Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Muhammad Rabbani • Abdul Kabir* *denotes acting