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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 and (under the mujahideen and Taliban regimes in the 1990s) Islamist rulers.

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.

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[edit] Latest election

e•d Summary of the 9 October 2004 Afghanistan presidential election results
Candidates (Ethnic background) - Nominating party Votes %
Hamid Karzai (Pashtun) 4,443,029 55.4%
Yunus Qanuni (Tajik) - Afghan Nationalist Party 1,306,503 16.3%
Mohammed Mohaqiq (Hazara) - Independent (Wahdat Islamic Unity Party) 935,325 11.7%
Abdul Rashid Dostum (Uzbek) - Independent (National Islamic Movement) 804,861 10.0%
Abdul Latif Pedram (Tajik) - National Congress Party 110,160 1.4%
Massouda Jalal (Tajik) 91,415 1.1%
Sayed Ashaq Gailani* (Pashtun) - National Solidarity Movement 80,081 1.0%
Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai (Pashtun) - Independent (Islamic Revolutionary Movement) 60,199 0.8%
Abdul Satar Sirat (Tajik) 30,201 0.4%
Hamyon Shah Aasifi (Pashtun) - Independent (National Unity Party) 26,224 0.3%
Ghulam Farooq Nejrabi (Tajik) - Afghan Independence Party 24,232 0.3%
Sayed Abdul Hadi Dabir (Tajik) 24,057 0.3%
Abdul Hafiz Mansoor (Tajik) - Independent (Islamic Society) 19,728 0.2%
Abdul Hadi Khalilzai (Pashtun) 18,082 0.2%
Mir Mahfuz Nedahi (Pashtun) 16,054 0.2%
Mohammed Ibrahim Rashid (Pashtun) 14,242 0.2%
Wakil Mangal (Pashtun) 11,770 0.1%
Abdul Hasib Aarian* (Tajik) 8,373 0.1%
Total Valid Votes (turnout 70%) 8,024,536 100.0%
Invalid Votes 104,404
Total Votes 8,128,940

[edit] Presidents of Afghanistan

[edit] Republic of Afghanistan (1973-1978)

Order Name Innagurated Left Office Flag Political Party
1st President Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan July 17, 1973 April 27, 1978 National Revolutionary Party

[edit] Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (April 1978 - November 1987)

The government was reconstructed in classical Leninist fashion. Until 1985 it was governed by a provisional constitution, The Fundamental Principles of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Supreme sovereignty was vested in a Revolutionary Council, originally a body of fifty-eight members whose number later varied. Its executive committee, the Presidium, exercised power when the council was not in formal session. The Revolutionary Council was presided over by the President of the Democratic Republic.

Order Name Inaugurated Left Office Flag Political Party
1st President Nur Mohammad Taraki April 30, 1978 September 14, 1979 PDPA - Khalq
2nd President Hafizullah Amin September 14, 1979 December 27, 1979 PDPA - Khalq
3th President Babrak Karmal December 27, 1979 November 24, 1986 PDPA - Parcham
Interim Haji Mohammad Chamkani November 24, 1986 September 30, 1987 Independent
4th President Mohammad Najibullah September 30, 1987 November 30, 1987 PDPA - Parcham

[edit] Republic of Afghanistan (November 1987 - April 1992)

A new constitution took effect in November 1987. The name of the country was reverted to the Republic of Afghanistan; the State Council was replaced by a National Assembly for which "progressive parties" could freely compete.

Order Name Inaugurated Left Office Flag Political Party
2nd President Mohammad Najibullah November 30, 1987 April 16, 1992 PDPA - Parcham
Interim Abdul Rahim Hatef April 16, 1992 April 28, 1992 PDPA - Parcham

[edit] Islamic State of Afghanistan (April 1992 - September 1996)

Order Name Inaugurated Left Office Flag Political Party
Interim President Sibghatullah Mojaddedi April 28, 1992 June 28, 1992 Afghan National Liberation Front
1st President Burhanuddin Rabbani June 28, 1992 September 27, 1996 Jamiat-e Islami

[edit] Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996-2001)

Order Name Inaugurated Left Office Flag Political Party
Commander of the Faithful of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Mohammed Omar September 27, 1996 October 2001 Taliban
  • After the Taliban was deposed in 2001 Rabbani proclaimed himself as President from November 13 to December 22.

[edit] Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004- )

Order Name Inaugurated Left Office Flag Political Party
1st President Hamid Karzai December 7, 2004 Incumbent None

[edit] See also

List of leaders of Afghanistan

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