Nazar Mohammad (Afghan communist)

Nazar Mohammad
نظرمحمد
Minister of Defense
In office
4 December 1984 – 4 December 1986
PresidentBabrak Karmal
Mohammad Najibullah
Chairman of the Council of MinistersSultan Ali Keshtmand
Preceded byAbdul Qadir
Succeeded byMohammed Rafie
Chief of General Staff
In office
January 1984 – December 4 1984
Preceded byBaba Jan Zahid
Succeeded byShahnawaz Tanai
Deputy Minister of Transport
In office
25 September 1979 – ?
Personal details
Born1935
Died1998 (aged 62–63)
PartyPeople's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Military service
Allegiance Kingdom of Afghanistan
(?–1973)
Republic of Afghanistan
(1973–1978)
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
(1978–1990)
Branch/serviceAfghan Air Force
Years of service?-1990
CommandsCommander-in-Chief of the Air Force and Air Defense
Commander of the Air Force (1978–1979)
Battles/warsSaur Revolution
Soviet–Afghan War
1990 Afghan coup d'état attempt
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Nazar Muhammad (1935–1998) was a Colonel General in the Afghan Armed Forces, the Commander-in-Chief of the Afghan Air Force, the former Minister of Defense as well as the Chief of General Staff before 1988, being replaced by Shahnawaz Tanai. He was born in 1935 in Shindand District, Herat in the Kingdom of Afghanistan and died in 1998, Quetta, Pakistan. He was the former ambassador to West Germany.