Nur Ahmed Nur

Nur Ahmed Nur نور احمد نور
Minister of the Interior
In office 30 April 1978 – 1978
Prime Minister	Nur Muhammad Taraki
Preceded by	Abdul Qadir Nuristani
Personal details
Born	1937
Political party	People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan

Nur Ahmed Nur (نور احمد نور), an Afghan communist, belonging to the Parcham fraction. Nur was one of four candidates of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan who were elected to the Afghan parliament in 1965. After the overthrow of the Daoud government in April 1978, Nur became Minister for Internal Affairs. In July the same year, Nur was removed from his office and sent to Washington as the new Afghan ambassador to the United States.^[1]

Nur was a politburo member of the PDPA and the Secretary of the Central Committee of the party.^[1]

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