President of Afghanistan

Template:PoliticsAF The President of Afghanistan is Afghanistan's head of state, head of government, and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

The current President of Afghanistan is Hamid Karzai, as of December 2004. He is the first democratically elected holder of that post.

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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Presidents of Afghanistan

Republic of Afghanistan (1973-1978)

InauguratedLeft office 
17 July 197327 April 1978Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978-1987)

(as Presidents of the Revolutionary Council):

InauguratedLeft office 
30 April 197816 September 1979Nur Mohammad Taraki
16 September 197927 December 1979Hafizullah Amin
27 December 197924 November 1986Babrak Karmal
24 November 198630 September 1987Haji Mohammad Chamkani
30 September 198730 November 1987Mohammad Najibullah

Republic of Afghanistan (1987-1996)

InauguratedLeft office 
30 November 198716 April 1992Mohammad Najibullah
16 April 199228 April 1992Abdul Rahim Hatef (acting)
28 April 199228 June 1992Sibghatullah Mojadedi (acting)
28 June 199227 September 1996Burhanuddin Rabbani

After the Taliban was deposed in 2001 Rabbani proclaimed himself as President from November 13 to December 22

Hamid Karzi became interim administrator of the provisional government from December 22 to December 7, 2004

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004- )

InauguratedLeft office 
7 December 2004 Hamid Karzai
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