Sultan Ali Keshtmand, an Afghan politician, died on March 13, 2026.
He was a member of the Parcham faction of the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan and served twice as Chairman of the Council of Ministers in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, from 1981 to 1988 and again from 1989 to 1990. Born in Kabul in 1935, Keshtmand studied economics at Kabul University and later became a founding member of the PDPA and a leading figure in the Parcham faction after the party split in 1967.
Sultan Ali Keshtmand (Dari: سلطانعلی کشتمند; 22 May 1935 – 13 March 2026), sometimes transliterated as Kishtmand or Kashtmand, was an Afghan politician, belonging to the Parcham faction of the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). He served twice as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers during the 1980s, from 1981-1988 and from 1989-1990 in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.