Mohammad Musa Shafiq
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| Mohammad Musa Shafiq | |
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| In office 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973 |
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| Monarch | Mohammad Zahir Shah |
| Preceded by | Abdul Zahir |
| Succeeded by | Nur Muhammad Taraki (1978 – 1979) |
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| Born | 1932 |
| Died | 1979 |
| Political party | Independent |
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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