Sulaiman Layeq

Sulaiman Layeq
سليمان لايق
Sulaiman Layeq; سليمان لايق
Born	Ghulam Mojaddedi; 12 October 1930
Died	31 July 2020; Germany
Nationality	Afghanistan
Occupation	Politician and Poet
Known for	Academia
Political party	PDPA (Parcham faction)

Sulaiman Layeq (Pashto: سليمان لايق‎, sometimes also Romanised as Laeq or Laiq) (12 October 1930-31 July 2020) was an Afghan politician, ideologue and poet.[1][2]

Biography

Initially a student of the College of Theology, he graduated from the College of Literature in 1958. Laeq was a poet and writer in Pashtu and Dari. During 1957-68, Laeq held different posts in the national controlled media.

One of his sisters was married to Mir Akbar Khyber (a leading leftist ideologue whose murder in 1978 started the Saur Revolution); another sister was married to Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (who would later become President of Afghanistan). Laeq was a founder of the newspaper Parcham in 1968. Together with Babrak Karmal he represented the moderate faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). At the same time, he became a permanent member of the Central Committee of the Parcham parliamentary group. After the Saur Revolution, Laeq became Minister for Radio and Television in 1978 and for a time was admitted to membership in the Politburo after the government had expelled the Parchamis.[1][3]

After the Khalq Government had removed most Parchamis, Laeq served as a temporary candidate member of the Politburo. Though he was imprisoned for being pro-Karmal the authorities treated him mildly. By 1980, following the intervention of the Soviet Army in Afghanistan, Laeq held several posts. By this time he had become a member of the Central Committee of the Parcham faction of the PDPA.[1]

In 1981 he was promoted to President of the Academy of Sciences, full member of the Afghan Politburo, and Minister of Nationalities and Tribal Affairs.

Books

Chunghar چونغر
De Abaseen Spaiday د اباسين سپېدې
Kaygday کېږدۍ
Qeesay Aw Afsanay قصې او افسانې

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References

Frank Clements and Ludwig W. Adamec. Conflict in Afghanistan. Google Books. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
Tolo News. Famed Afghan poet Sulaiman Layeq has died of illness at the age of 90. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
Beverley Male. Revolutionary Afghanistan. Google Books. Retrieved 2009-03-24.

External links

http://www.spinta.de/

Political offices
Preceded by Unknown	Minister for radio and television 1978 – 1979	Succeeded by Unknown
Preceded by Unknown	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1981 – ?	Succeeded by Unknown

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[biography-1] Frank Clements and Ludwig W. Adamec. Conflict in Afghanistan. Google Books. Retrieved 2009-03-24.

[dead-2] Tolo News. Famed Afghan poet Sulaiman Layeq has died of illness at the age of 90. Retrieved 2020-07-31.

[tvradio-3] Beverley Male. Revolutionary Afghanistan. Google Books. Retrieved 2009-03-24.