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Website | https://president.gov.af/en/ |
Established | July 17, 1973 |
Disbanded | Still Active |
Last Modified | Bojicat January 25, 2020 12:42pm |
Description | The President is commander-in-chief of the Afghan armed forces, head of government and the nation's head of state. The President also appoints and chairs the Cabinet, which is approved by the House of the People (Wolesi Jirga), the lower house of parliament.
The Cabinet is one of the three branches of the Afghani government as set forth in Afghanistan's Constitution. Members of the Cabinet include the First and Second Vice-Presidents and officials from the Chief Executive Department. The President reserves the right to add members of other government institutions to the Cabinet, including Supreme Court judges.
The President is directly elected and serves a five year term, maximum two terms. |
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Date |
Type |
Results |
Aug 16, 2021 |
Dissidence |
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Sep 28, 2019 |
General Election |
| Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai(I)
923,592
50.64%
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| Abdullah Abdullah
720,841
39.52%
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| Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
70,241
3.85%
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| Rahmatullah Nabil
33,919
1.86%
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| Faramarz Tamanna
18,063
0.99%
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| Nurullah Jalili
15,519
0.85%
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| Abdul Latif Pedram
12,608
0.69%
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| | Inayatullah Hafiz
11,375
0.62%
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| Hakim Tursan
6,500
0.36%
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| Ahmad Wali Massud
3,942
0.22%
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| Mohammad Shahab Hakimi
3,318
0.18%
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| Ghulam Faruq Nejrabi
1,608
0.09%
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| Mohammad Haneef Atmar
1,567
0.09%
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| | Nur Rahman Liwal
855
0.05%
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| Nur ul-Haq Ulumi
0
0.00%
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| Zalmai Rassoul
0
0.00%
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| Mohammad Ibrahim Alekozai
0
0.00%
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| Shaida Mohammad Abdali
0
0.00%
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Jun 14, 2014 |
General Election |
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Apr 05, 2014 |
General Election - Requires Run-Off |
| Abdullah Abdullah
2,972,141
45.00%
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| Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai
2,084,547
31.56%
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| Zalmai Rassoul
750,997
11.37%
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| Abdul Rab Rasoul Sayyaf
465,207
7.04%
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| Qutbuddin Hilal
181,827
2.75%
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| Gul Agha Sherzai
103,636
1.57%
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| Mohammad Daud Sultanzoy
30,685
0.46%
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| | Hidayat Amin Arsala
15,506
0.23%
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Nov 02, 2009 |
General Election |
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Oct 09, 2004 |
General Election |
| Hamid Karzai(I)
4,443,029
55.37%
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| Yunus Qanuni
1,306,503
16.28%
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| Muhammad Mohaqiq
935,325
11.66%
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| Abdul Rashid Dostum
804,861
10.03%
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| Abdul Latif Pedram
110,160
1.37%
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| Massouda Jalal
91,415
1.14%
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| Sayed Ishaq Gailani
80,081
1.00%
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| | Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai
60,199
0.75%
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| Abdul Satar Serat
30,201
0.38%
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| Hamayon Shah Asifi
26,224
0.33%
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| Ghulam Farooq Nijrabi
24,232
0.30%
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| Syed Abdul Hadi Dabir
24,057
0.30%
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| Abdul Hafiz Mansoor
19,728
0.25%
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| | Abdul Hadi Khalilzai
18,082
0.23%
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| Mir Mohammad Mahfouz Nedaye
16,054
0.20%
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| Mohammad Ebrahim Rashid
14,242
0.18%
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| Wakil Mangal
11,770
0.15%
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| Asif Aryan
8,373
0.10%
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Jun 13, 2002 |
General Election |
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Dec 05, 2001 |
Appointment |
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Nov 13, 2001 |
Dissidence |
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Sep 27, 1996 |
Dissidence |
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Jun 28, 1992 |
General Election |
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Apr 28, 1992 |
General Election |
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Apr 16, 1992 |
Succession |
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Nov 30, 1987 |
General Election |
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Jul 17, 1973 |
Appointment |
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