Sultan Ali Keshtmand

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Sultan Ali Keshtmand
Keshtmand in 1978
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
In office 21 February 1989 – 8 May 1990
President	Mohammad Najibullah
Preceded by	Mohammad Hasan Sharq
Succeeded by	Fazal Haq Khaliqyar
In office 11 June 1981 – 26 May 1988
President	Babrak Karmal Haji Mohammad Chamkani
Preceded by	Babrak Karmal
Succeeded by	Mohammad Hasan Sharq
Minister of Planning
In office 28 December 1979 – April 1982
Preceded by	Muhammad Siddiq Alemyar
In office 30 April – 23 August 1978
Preceded by	Ali Ahmad Khurram
Succeeded by	Muhammad Siddiq Alemyar
People's Representative for Kabul at the 12th Parliament of Afghanistan
In office 1964–1968
Personal details
Born	(1935-05-22) May 22, 1935 (age 89) Kabul, Kingdom of Afghanistan
Political party	People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan-Parcham
Spouse	Karima Keshtmand
Residence	London
Alma mater	Kabul University

Sultan Ali Keshtmand (Persian: سلطان‌علی کشتمند; born May 22, 1935, in Kabul), sometimes transliterated Kishtmand, was an Afghan communist politician, belonging to the Parcham faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). He served twice as Chairman of the Council of Ministers during the 1980s, from 1981 to 1988 and from 1989 to 1990 in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.