Republic of Afghanistan
Afghanistan, 1973–1978. Draft, not yet reviewed
The Republic of Afghanistan, also known as the Republican State of Afghanistan, was the first republic in Afghanistan. It is often called the Daoud Republic, as it was established in July 1973 by General Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan of the Barakzai dynasty (alongside senior Barakzai princes) who deposed his cousin, King Mohammad Zahir Shah, in a coup d'état. The Republic of Afghanistan was also under a unitary and centralised form of government during the time. In 1978, a military coup known as the Saur Revolution took place, instigated by the communist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, in which Daoud and his family were killed.
Seat of power: Kabul
Rulers
Mohammed Daoud Khan
President of Afghanistan, 1973–1978
Mohammad Daoud Khan served as prime minister of Afghanistan from 1953 to 1963 and, as leader of the 1973 Afghan coup d'état which overthrew the monarchy, served as the first president of Afghanistan from 1973 until his assassination in 1978. Khan overthrew the monarchy in a virtually bloodless coup with the backing of Afghan Army officers, and proclaimed himself the first president of the Republic of Afghanistan.
Portrait of Mohammed Daoud Khan: Unknown authorUnknown author / Government of Afghanistan; processing by Roman Kubanskiy, Public domain, file
Culture
- In July 1973, while King Mohammad Zahir Shah was in Italy undergoing eye surgery as well as therapy for lumbago, his cousin and brother-in-law, General Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan, the former prime minister, staged a coup d'état in Kabul.
- This coup overthrew the Kingdom of Afghanistan and established the Republic of Afghanistan in its place, which was a single-party state.
- The king abdicated the following month rather than risk an all-out civil war.
Picture
The Daoud Republic was established in July 1973 by General Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan.
Image: Orange Tuesday (talk) at en.wikipedia., Public domain, file
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Sources
- Republic of Afghanistan (1973–1978) (Wikipedia)
- Republic of Afghanistan (Wikidata)
- About the picture (Wikipedia)
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