Politburo of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan


The Politburo of the Central Committee of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan or Afghan Politburo was the policy-making organ and institution within the Afghanistan's political structure when the PDPA Central Committee and the PDPA Congress were not in session. Only one politburos was formally elected; at the 1st Congress, despite this, the membership line-up was altered numerous times during the PDPA's existence.

Historical line-up

1st Politburo

;Full members
;Candidate members
By 1984, eight of the thirteen members and alternate members of the Politburo were Parchamis:
;Members of the Parcham faction
;Members of the Khalq faction
;Unclear