Mohammad Yusuf (politician)

For other people with similar names, see Mohammad Yousuf, Mohammad Yusuf Khan, and Yousaf Khan.

Mohammad Yusuf Khan
Prime Minister of Afghanistan
In office 10 March 1963 – 2 November 1965
Monarch	Mohammed Zahir Shah
Preceded by	Mohammed Daoud Khan
Succeeded by	Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal
Personal details
Born	1917 Kabul, Afghanistan
Died	23 January 1998 Germany
Political party	Independent

Mohammad Yusuf Khan (1917 – January 23, 1998) was the prime minister and foreign minister of Afghanistan from March 10, 1963 to November 2, 1965. He was a technocrat who served under the reign of Mohammed Zahir Shah. He was the first Afghan prime minister not to be part of the royal family. He resigned on October 29, 1965.

Yusuf's predecessor, Mohammed Daoud Khan, had made him Minister of Mines and Industries in the 1950s. After serving as prime minister, he was appointed Ambassador to the Soviet Union, but left this post in 1973 following Daoud Khan's coup. When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979, he went into exile in Germany, where he lived until his death.

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