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Abdullah Yaqta

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Abdullah Yaqta
First Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan
In office
1967–1971
Prime MinisterMohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi
Minister of Finance of Afghanistan
In office
November 1965 – January 1967
Prime MinisterMohammad Daoud Khan
In office
1959–1965
Prime MinisterMohammad Yusuf Khan
Minister of Planning and Minister without Portfolio
In office
March 1965 – November 1965
Prime MinisterMohammad Yusuf Khan
In office
1967–1967
Prime MinisterMohammad Hashim Maiwandwal
Personal details
Born1918
Kabul, Emirate of Afghanistan
Died17 July 2003
Ventura, California, United States
Political partyIndependent
Alma materKabul University (BSc), Faculty of Economics at the University of Tokyo (since 1935)

Abdullah Yaqta, also known as Abdullah Yaftali (1918[1] – 17 July 2003)[2] was a politician from Afghanistan.

Yaftali was appointed as director of the department of income tax in 1949.[1] He worked in the ministry of planning in 1950s. He was appointed as deputy minister of planning in 1962, minister of planning in 1962[1], minister of finance (November 1965 to January 1967[3]) and minister of planning in 1967. He was Second Deputy Prime Minister in 1967 and First Deputy Prime Minister from 1969 to 1971.[1]

He was acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 11 October to 1 November 1967.

Yaftali was born in Kabul.[1] He later emigrated to the United States, where he died.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Adamec, Ludwig W. (1975). Historical and political who's who of Afghanistan. Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. ISBN 3201009210.
  2. ^ Abdullah Yaftali's profile at Genealogy Bank
  3. ^ "ЯФТАЛИ Абдулла | ЦентрАзия". centrasia.org.
  • Afghanistan. Brief Biographical Directory. Moscow, 2004.



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