Mohammad Musa Shafiq
Muḥammad Mūsá Shafīq | |
|---|---|
| محمد موسی شفيق | |
| Prime Minister of Afghanistan | |
| In office 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973 | |
| Monarch | Mohammed Zahir Shah |
| Preceded by | Abdul Zahir |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Daud Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1932 |
| Died | 1979 (aged 46–47) |
| Resting place | Unknown |
| Party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Al-Azhar University, Columbia University |
| Occupation | Politician, poet |
Muḥammad Mūsā Shafīq (Pashto: محمد موسی شفيق; 1932–1979) was Prime Minister of Afghanistan for eight months. He was an Afghan politician and poet. He became Foreign Minister in 1971 and Prime Minister in December 1972. He lost both positions when Mohammed Zahir Shah was overthrown on July 17, 1973. He survived throughout the regime of Mohammed Daoud Khan, but was arrested after the 1978 communist coup d'état and executed along with many other anti-communist politicians in 1979.