Muhammad Daoud
alternative words: Muhammad Daud, Daoud, Daud, Mohammad Daoud, Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan
keywords: famous person , statesman
related topics: Saur revolution , King Zahir
related web sites: http://www.afghan-web.com/bios/yest/daoud.html
explanation: Born in 1909 in a royal family of Kabul. He served King Zahir as interior minister then as prim minister from 1953 to 1963 to pursuit a modernization of Afganistan such as suppression of women's veil but irritated Pakistan on border issue. In 1973, he staged a putsch and deposed his cousin Zahir shah from the throne. As president of republic, he introduced many communists into his cabinet but he and members of his family were assassinated by Saur uprising led by pro communist militaries in 1978.