Abdul Rahim Hatef
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Abdul Rahim Hatef is an Afghan politician.
He was born in Kandahar, in 1926 and served as Vice President during the last years of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
After the fall of Kabul, he was the acting President of Afghanistan due to the overtrown of President Mohammad Najibullah. However, he exercised little power, since the government collapsed.
Recently, a Dutch court overturned a decision by the government to reject an asylum request from former Afghan Communist Vice President Abdul Rahim Hatef on charges that he carried out political assassinations and torture
Preceded by Unknown |
VicePresident of Afghanistan Unknown – April 1992 |
Succeeded by None - Position Dissolved |
Preceded by Mohammad Najibullah |
Interim President of Afghanistan April 1992 |
Succeeded by Sibghatullah Mojadeddi |