What is Babrak Karmal?
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Babrak Karmal<br>ببرک کارمل |birthname = Sultan Hussein |image = |caption = Babrak Karmal {{circa}} 1981 |order = 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 = 27 December 1979 |term_end = 4 May 1986 |predecessor = [[Hafizullah Amin]] |successor = [[Mohammad Najibullah]] |order1 = [[President of Afghanistan|Chairman]] of the Presidium of the [[Revolutionary Council (Afghanistan)|Revolutionary Council]] |term_start1 = 27 December 1979 |term_end1 = 24 November 1986 |predecessor1 = [[Hafizullah Amin]] |successor1= [[Haji Mohammad Chamkani]] |order2 = [[Prime Minister of Afghanistan|Chairman]] of the [[Council of Ministers (Afghanistan)|Council of Ministers]] |term_start2 = 27 December 1979 |term_end2 = 11 June 1981 |predecessor2 = [[Hafizullah Amin]] |successor2 = [[Sultan Ali Keshtmand]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1929|1|6|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Kamari, Afghanistan|Kamari]], [[Kabul Province]], [[Kingdom of Afghanistan]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1996|12|3|1929|1|6|df=y}} |death_place = [[Moscow]], [[Russia]] |party = [[People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan]] }} '''Babrak Karmal''' was an Afghan [[politician]]. Karmal was made President of [[Afghanistan]] by the [[Soviet Union]] at the beginning of the [[Soviet war in Afghanistan|Soviet–Afghan War]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Whitaker|first=Raymond|title=Obituary:Babrak Karmal |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-babrak-karmal-1313192.html |publisher=The Independent |access-date=13 September 2016 |date=5 December 1996}}</ref> Under [[Mikhail Gorbachev]], the Soviet Union deposed Karmal and replaced him with [[Mohammad Najibullah]]. Following his loss of power, Karmal was exiled to [[Moscow]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Karmal, Babrak}} [[Category:1929 bi