What is Nur Muhammad Taraki?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Nur Muhammad Taraki<br />نور محمد ترکۍ |image = Nur Muhammad Taraki.png |imagesize = |caption = |order = [[General Secretary of the Communist Party|General Secretary]] of the [[Central Committee of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan|Central Committee]] of the [[People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan|People's Democratic Party]] |term_start = 1 January 1965 |term_end = 14 September 1979 |predecessor = Post established |successor = [[Hafizullah Amin]] |order1 = [[President of Afghanistan|Chairman]] of the Presidium of the [[Revolutionary Council (Afghanistan)|Revolutionary Council]] |term_start1 = 30 April 1978 |term_end1 = 14 September 1979 |predecessor1 = [[Abdul Qadir (Afghan communist)|Abdul Qadir]] |successor1 = [[Hafizullah Amin]] |birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|7|15|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Nawa District|Nawa]], [[Ghazni Province]], [[Emirate of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1979|10|8|1917|7|15|df=y}} |death_place = [[Kabul]], Afghanistan |party = [[People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan]]([[Khalq]]) |profession = Politician, journalist, writer |spouse = }} '''Nur Muhammad Taraki''' (1917–1979) was an [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] [[politician]]. With other people he founded the [[People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan]], who stopped the [[monarchy]] in Afghanistan. Taraki was president of Afghanistan in 1978 and 1979. Taraki started economic reforms in mid-1978. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Taraki, Nur Muhammad}} [[Category:Presidents of Afghanistan]] [[Category:1917 births]] [[Category:1979 deaths]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of Afghanistan]]