Mohammad Musa Shafiq

Muḥammad Mūsá Shafīq
محمد موسی شفيق
Prime Minister of Afghanistan
In office 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973
Monarch	Mohammed Zahir Shah
Preceded by	Abdul Zahir
Succeeded by	Nur Muhammad Taraki as Chairman of the Ministers of Council
Personal details
Born	1932 kabul Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan
Died	1979 Kabul, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Resting place	Unknown
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Al-Azhar University, Columbia University
Occupation	Politician, poet

Muḥammad Mūsá Shafīq (Pashto: محمد موسی شفيق;‎ 1932–1979) was Prime Minister of Afghanistan for eight months. He was an Afghan politician and poet. He became Foreign Minister in 1971 and Prime Minister in December 1972. He lost both positions when Mohammed Zahir Shah was overthrown on July 17, 1973. He survived throughout the regime of Mohammed Daoud Khan, but was arrested after the 1978 communist coup d'état and executed along with many other anti-communist politicians in 1979.