List of Presidents of Afghanistan

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This is a list of Presidents of Afghanistan. Afghanistan has only intermittently been a republic – between 1973–1992 and from 2001 onwards – at other times being governed by a variety of kings, emirs, as well as mujahideen and Taliban leaders in the 1990s.

The present constitution of Afghanistan grants the president wide powers over military and legislative affairs, with a relatively weak national parliament. These were a subject of considerable controversy when debated by the country's loya jirga in December 2003. However, they were seen by the interim administration and its Western backers as being essential to securing the stability of Afghanistan.

The former president

External links

^ "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/583326/Nur-Mohammad-Taraki".
^ "http://www.docstoc.com/docs/44373066/Transitional-Islamic-State-of-Afghanistan".
^ Henry St. Amant Bradsher. Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. Google Books.
^ Amos Jenkins Peaslee and Dorothy Peaslee Xydis. Constitutions of Nations. Google Books.
^ Information, Library; Service, Research. The Middle East. Google Books. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
^ Oliver North and Chuck Holton. American Heroes: In the Fight Against Radical Islam. Google Books.

References

Notes

#		Name	Born-Died	Took office	Left office	Political Party
President of the Republic of Afghanistan
	1	Mohammed Daoud Khan	1909–1978	17 July 1973	27 April 1978	Independent (until 1976)
	1	Mohammed Daoud Khan	1909–1978	17 July 1973	27 April 1978	National Revolutionary Party
Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of the Afghan Armed Forces
	2	Abdul Qadir Dagarwal	1944–2014	27 April 1978	30 April 1978	People's Democratic Party (Khalq faction)
Chairmen of the Revolutionary Council of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
	3	Nur Muhammad Taraki	1917–1979	30 April 1978	14 September 1979^[1]	People's Democratic Party (Khalq faction)
	4	Hafizullah Amin	1929–1979	14 September 1979	27 December 1979	People's Democratic Party (Khalq faction)
	5	Babrak Karmal	1929–1996	27 December 1979	24 November 1986	People's Democratic Party (Parcham faction)
	6	Haji Mohammad Chamkani	1947–	24 November 1986	30 September 1987	Independent
	7	Mohammad Najibullah	1947–1996	30 September 1987	30 November 1987	People's Democratic Party (Parcham faction)
		Presidents of the Republic of Afghanistan
		Mohammad Najibullah	1947–1996	30 November 1987	16 April 1992	People's Democratic Party (Parcham faction) (until 1990)
		Mohammad Najibullah	1947–1996	30 November 1987	16 April 1992	Watan Party
	8	Abdul Rahim Hatif	1926–2013	16 April 1992	28 April 1992	Watan Party
Presidents of the Islamic State of Afghanistan
	9	Sibghatullah Mojaddedi	1926–	28 April 1992	28 June 1992	National Liberation Front of Afghanistan
	10	Burhanuddin Rabbani	1940–2011	28 June 1992	27 September 1996	Jamiat-e Islami
Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
	11	Mullah Mohammed Omar	c. 1959–	27 September 1996	13 November 2001	Taliban
President of the Northern Alliance of Afghanistan
	I	Burhanuddin Rabbani	1940–2011	27 September 1996	13 November 2001	Jamiat-e Islami (Northern Alliance)
Presidents of the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan^[2]
	(10)	Burhanuddin Rabbani	1940–2011	13 November 2001	22 December 2001	Jamiat-e Islami (Northern Alliance)
	11	Hamid Karzai	1957–	22 December 2001	7 December 2004	Independent
		Presidents of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
		Hamid Karzai	1957–	7 December 2004	29 September 2014	Independent
	12	Ashraf Ghani	1949–	29 September 2014	Incumbent	Independent

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Heads of state

Heads of state 1
Notes 2
See also 3
References 4
External links 5

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List of Presidents of Afghanistan