Sibghatullah Mojaddedi

President of Afghanistan

27 September 1926 Kabul, Emirate of Afghanistan

11 February 2019(2019-02-11) (92) Kabul, Afghanistan

28 April 1992 – 28 June 1992

Former President of Afghanistan Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (27 September 1926 – 11 February 2019) was an Afghan politician, who served as interim President after the fall of Mohammad Najibullah's government in April 1992. He was the first leader to call for armed resistance against the Soviet-backed regime in 1979 and founded the Afghan National Liberation Front at the time; later becoming a respected figure among the various Afghan mujahideen. He served as the chairman of the 2003 loya jirga that approved Afghanistan's new constitution. In 2005, he was appointed chairman of the Meshrano Jirga, upper house of the National Assembly of Afghanistan, and was reappointed as a member in 2011. He also served on the Afghan High Peace Council. Mojaddedi is considered to have been a moderate Muslim leader.