| Fazal Haq Khaliqyar | |
| Order: | Chairman of the Council of Ministers |
| President: | Mohammad Najibullah |
| Term Start: | 8 May 1990 |
| Term End: | 15 April 1992 |
| Predecessor: | Sultan Ali Keshtmand |
| Successor: | Abdul Sabur Farid Kuhestani as Prime Minister of Afghanistan |
| Birth Date: | 1934 |
| Birth Place: | Herat, Afghanistan |
| Death Date: | 16 July 2004 |
| Death Place: | Netherlands |
| Party: | Independent |
Fazal Haq Khaliqyar (1934 – 16 July 2004) was an Afghan politician, who briefly served as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Afghanistan.[1]
He performed duties as deputy Minister of Finance during Mohammad Daud Khan's rule. He was appointed as Council of Ministers chairman during the period of President Mohammad Najibullah government.[1] For the first time since 1978, a free parliamentary debate was held in order to select the Council of Ministers chairman. On May 21, 1990, Khaliqyar, who was non-party figure, was selected to this position. He replaced PDPA hard-liner Keshtmand. However, Khaliqyar's cabinet kept PDPA stalwarts in all the key security posts.
By the end of May 1990, A loya jirga was convened in Kabul, which ratified constitutional amendments providing for multiple political parties, ending the PDPA's and the National Front's monopoly over executive power. On December 11, 1990, President Najibullah inaugurated a National Commission for Clearing Mines and Unexploded Ordnance from the Lands of the Republic of Afghanistan under the chairmanship of Khaliqyar.
A Moscow-brokered plan called for Najibullah to step aside in favour of Khaliqyar, who would serve as a transitional administrative leader until a new government could be elected. In October, Mujaddidi praised Khaliqyar's government and said that he would consult his more radical colleagues on sharing power with him in a transitional government.
Later he backed off from this pledge due to pressure from hard-liners. The Mujaheddin said his association with Najibullah made him unacceptable for any compromise. His government ended with the fall of Najibullah in April 1992, led by the transition of power towards the Mujaheddin. On July 16, 2004, Khaliqyar died in Netherlands at the age of 70.
| Office | Incumbent | Took office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fazal Haq Khaliqyar | 21 May 1990 | 15 April 1992 | ||
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Abdul Wahid Sorabi | 21 May 1990 | ||
| Nematullah Pazhwak | ||||
| Abdul Qayyum Nurzai | ||||
| Sarwar Mangal | ||||
| Mahbubullah Kushani | ||||
| Adviser | Nur Ahmad Barits | 21 May 1990 | ||
| Faqir Muhammad Yaqubi | ||||
| Shah Wali | ||||
| Sayyid Akram Peigir | ||||
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Abdul Wakil | |||
| Minister of Defence | Muhammad Aslam Watanjar | 21 May 1990 | ||
| Minister of Interior | Raz Muhammad Paktin | 21 May 1990 | ||
| Gen. Ghulam Faruq Yaqubi | 21 May 1990 | |||
| 21 May 1990 | ||||
| Minister of Justice | Ghulam Muhyiuddin | 21 May 1990 | ||
| Minister of Communications | Sayyid Nasim Alawi | 21 May 1990 | ||
| Minister of Commerce | Zakim Shah | 21 May 1990 | ||
| Minister of Planning | Abdul Wahid Sorabi | 21 May 1990 | 7 February 1991 | |
| Ghulam Mayiuddin Shahbaz | 7 February 1991 | |||
| Minister of Reconstruction, Rural Development | Hayatullah Azizi | 21 May 1990 | ||
| Muhammad Ghufran | 21 May 1990 | |||
| Minister of Health | Mehr Muhammad Ejazi | 21 May 1990 | ||
| Minister of Education | Mas'uma Esmati Wardak | 21 May 1990 | ||
| 21 May 1990 | ||||
| Abdul Samad Salah | 21 May 1990 | |||
| Khalillulah | 21 May 1990 | |||
| 21 May 1990 | ||||
| Hamidtullah Tarzi | 21 May 1990 | 7 February 1991 | ||
| Wadir Safi | 7 February 1991 | |||
| Anwar Dost | 21 May 1990 | |||
| Muhammad Siddiq Sailani | 21 May 1990 | |||
| Abdul Ghafur Rahim | 21 May 1990 | |||
| Ahmad Bashir Ruigar | 21 May 1990 | |||
| Sarjang Zazai | 21 May 1990 | |||
| Shahbaz | 21 May 1990 | 7 February 1991 | ||
| Muhammad Nazir Shahadi | 7 February 1991 | |||
| Saleha Faruq Etemadi | 21 May 1990 | |||
| Fateh Muhammad Tarin | 21 May 1990 | |||
| Book: Adamec, Ludwig . Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan . . 2011 . 978-0-8108-7815-0 . 66–68 . | ||||