President of Afghanistan

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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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Latest election

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Presidents of Afghanistan

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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	Image:Flag of Afghanistan 1974.png	National Revolutionary Party

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Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ( April 1978 - November 1987)

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	Innagurated	Left Office	Flag	Political Party
1st President	Nur Mohammad Taraki	April 30 1978	September 14, 1979	Image:Afg pdpa.gif	PDPA - Khalq
2nd President	Hafizullah Amin	September 14, 1979	December 27, 1979	Image:Khalq1978-80.gif	PDPA - Khalq
3th President	Babrak Karmal	December 27, 1979	November 24, 1986	Image:AfghanFlag1980.png	PDPA - Parcham
Interim	Haji Mohammad Chamkani	November 24, 1986	September 30, 1987	Image:AfghanFlag1980.png	Independent
4th President	Mohammad Najibullah	September 30, 1987	November 30, 1987	Image:Afg 1987.gif	PDPA - Parcham

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Republic of Afghanistan ( November 1987 - April 1996)

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	Innagurated	Left Office	Flag	Political Party
2nd President		Mohammad Najibullah	November 30 1987	April 16, 1992	Image:Afg 1987.gif	PDPA - Parcham
Interim		Abdul Rahim Hatef	April 16, 1992	April 28, 1992	Image:Afg 1987.gif	PDPA - Parcham

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Islamic State of Afghanistan ( April 1992 - September 1996 )

Order		Name	Innagurated	Left Office	Flag	Political Party
Interim President		Mohammad Najibullah	April 28 1992	June 28 1992	Image:Flag of Afghanistan 1992.png	Unknown
1st President		Burhanuddin Rabbani	June 28 1992	September 27 1996	Image:Flag of Afghanistan 1992.png	Jamiat-e Islami