Abdullah Yaqta
Abdullah Yaqta | |
|---|---|
| First Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan | |
| In office 1967–1971 | |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi |
| Minister of Finance of Afghanistan | |
| In office November 1965 – January 1967 | |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Daoud Khan |
| In office 1959–1965 | |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Yusuf Khan |
| Minister of Planning and Minister without Portfolio | |
| In office March 1965 – November 1965 | |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Yusuf Khan |
| In office 1967–1967 | |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1918 Kabul, Emirate of Afghanistan |
| Died | 17 July 2003 (aged 84–85) Ventura, California, United States |
| Party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Kabul 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 is a Tajik.[3] He later emigrated to the United States, where he died.
References
- Afghanistan. Brief Biographical Directory. Moscow, 2004.