Hafizullah Amin
Hafizullah Amin (Pashto/; ; 1 August 192927 December 1979) was an Afghan communist revolutionary, politician and teacher. He organized the Saur Revolution of 1978 and co-founded the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA), ruling Afghanistan from September 1979 until his assassination in December 1979. He has been described as "ruthless" and a "radical Marxist".