Anahita Ratebzad
| Anahita Ratzebad | |
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Ratzebad on February 3, 1980
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| Vice President of Afghanistan | Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Revolutionary Council | |
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In office 27 December 1980 – 24 November 1985 |
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| President | Babrak Karmal |
| Member of the Politburo of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan | |
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In office 1979–1986 |
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| Member of the Afghan National Assembly from Kabul City | |
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In office 1964–1968 |
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| Afghan Ambassador to Yugoslavia | |
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In office July 1978 – 1980 |
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| Personal details | |
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1 November 1931 Guldara, Kabul Province, Afghanistan |
| Died | 7 September 2014 (aged 82) Dortmund, Germany |
| Spouse(s) | Keramuddin Kakar |
| Children | 3 |
Anahita Ratebzad (Dari/Pashto: اناهیتا راتبزاد; November 1931 – 7 September 2014) was an Afghan socialist and Marxist politician and a member of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) and the Revolutionary Council under the leadership of Babrak Karmal. Ratebzad was Afghanistan's deputy head of state from 1980 to 1986.
Ratebzad was born in Guldara in Kabul province to a Pashtun father and Tajik mother. Her father, Ahmad Rateb Baqizada, nephew of Mohamad Tarzi and cousin of Queen Soraya Tarzi, was the editor in chief of Naseem-e-Sahar, and strong advocate of the Amani Reforms. This led to his forced exile to Iran under the ruling period of Nader Khan. Ratezbad and her brother grew up without their father under poor conditions. She was married off at the age of 15 to Dr. Keramuddin Kakar, one of the very view foreign educated Afghan surgeons of the time. Ratebzad had attended the francophone Malalaï Lycée in Kabul. She received a degree in nursing from the State University of Michigan, School of Nursing from 1950-1954. As Kabul University's Medical School allowed women to enrol for Medicine, she belonged to the first batch and graduated in 1962.
Her political involvement led to estrangment between her and her husband, Dr. Keramuddin Kakar, who did not approve of her political views and activities as he was considered loyal to Zahir Shah. Ratebzad moved out of their marital house in 1973. Though they never divorced officially, they lived separately and avoided contact. They had three children, one daughter and two sons. Only her daughter followed her political path and became a member of People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA), her sons remained critical of her political activities and decisions.
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