Afghan politician and military officer
Abdul Hamid Mohtat was a politician and military officer from Afghanistan who served as Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan.[1]
He was born in 1944 in Parwan province.[2] He graduated from a military school in 1964 and was then got trained in Soviet Union as engineer.[2] He also served as Minister of Communications [3] in 1973 but was dismissed in April 1974[4] [5] by Mohammed Daoud Khan .[6]
[2] In June 1978, he became ambassador of Afghanistan to Japan .[7] [8]
He was one of the Vice Presidents in Najibullah cabinet from May 1988 to April 1992.[9]
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