Nisar Muhammad Yousafzai
Nisar Muhammad Yousafzai | |
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| نسار محمد یوسفزی Нисор Мухаммад Юсуфзай | |
| People's Commissariat for Education | |
| In office 1926–1937 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1897 Swabi, North-West Frontier Province, British India |
| Died | 8 October 1937 (aged 39–40) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Awards | Order of Gallantry (Emirate of Afghanistan) Hero of Tajikistan |
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| Branch/service | Royal Afghan Army |
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Nisar Muhammad Yousafzai (Pashto: نثار محمد یوسفزی; Russian: Нисор Мухаммад Юсуфзай, romanized: Nisor Mukhammad Yusufzay; 1897 – 8 October 1937) was an Afghan communist revolutionary and soldier and Soviet politician who played a significant role in the creation of Tajikistan. A decorated soldier of the Third Anglo-Afghan War, Nisar would take part in a Soviet expedition in Gilan and later lobby for the creation of a Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic within the Soviet Union. He was Tajikistan's first minister of education from 1926 until his murder in 1937. He was also the first ever Afghan communist.