Abdul Rahim Hatif (; 20 May 1926 – 19 August 2013) was a politician in Afghanistan. He served as one of the vice presidents during the last years of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
Early life Hatif was born into a Pashtun family in Kandahar.Organization of the Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan/Watan Party, Governments and Biographical Sketches 1982-1998, Volume 1, by S. Fida Yunas, pub University of Michigan, 1998.
Career Hatif was one of the Vice Presidents of Mohammed Najibullah since the 1988 elections. He served as the first vice president from July 1991 to April 1992.
Before the first fall of Kabul, he was the acting President of Afghanistan for two weeks in April 1992, after the removal of President Najibullah, and before the takeover of power by the Jamiat-e Islami.
Later life and death Hatif went into exile after he was put out of power in 1992. He moved to the Netherlands, where he died on 19 August 2013.
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