Mohammed Rafie

General Mohammed Rafie (Pashtu: محمد رفیع) was Afghan communist minister from People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan.^[1]

Rafie was born about 1946 in Paghman area.^[1] He is a Pashtun. He was an army officer in tank corps.^[1] He was appointed as minister of public works following the Saur Revolution.^[1] In August 1978 he was ousted from his public offices by Khalqi government.^[1]

Rafie was a member of the Politburo and Deputy Prime Minister (former Defense Minister). He served as Minister of Defense of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan from 1979 to 1984 and 1986 to 1988.^[2]

Rafie was one of the vice presidents of Mohammed Najibullah after the 1988 elections.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Adamec, Ludwig W.; Adamec, Ludwig W. (1979). First supplement to the Who's who of Afghanistan: Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Graz, Austria: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. ISBN 3-201-01113-4.
^ Weisman, Steven R. (April 28, 1987). "Afghanistan Admits Cease-fire's Failure and Criticizes U.S." The New York Times. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
^ Whitaker, Joseph (1990). Whitaker's Almanack 1991. ISBN 9780850212051. Retrieved 12 December 2015.

Political offices
Preceded by Hafizullah Amin	Minister of Defense January 1978 – 1982	Succeeded by Abdul Qadir
Preceded by Nazar Mohammed	Minister of Defense December 1986 – 1988	Succeeded by Shahnawaz Tanai

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[bios-1] Adamec, Ludwig W.; Adamec, Ludwig W. (1979). First supplement to the Who's who of Afghanistan: Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Graz, Austria: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. ISBN 3-201-01113-4.

[2] Weisman, Steven R. (April 28, 1987). "Afghanistan Admits Cease-fire's Failure and Criticizes U.S." The New York Times. Retrieved February 25, 2018.

[3] Whitaker, Joseph (1990). Whitaker's Almanack 1991. ISBN 9780850212051. Retrieved 12 December 2015.

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