| Government Name: | Council of Ministers of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan |
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| Date Established: | (current form) (original) |
| State: | Afghanistan |
| Leader Title: | Prime Minister |
| Appointed: | Supreme Leader |
| Ministries: | Twenty-six |
| Responsible: | Leadership |
| Budget: | (FY 2022–23)[1] |
| Address: | Arg, Kabul |
The Cabinet of Afghanistan (also known as the Council of Ministers) is the executive body of the government of the country, responsible for day-to-day governance and the implementation of policy set by the Leadership. In his modern form it exists since the beginning of the reign of Emir Amanullah Khan in 1919.
The current Council of Ministers of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan[2] is headed by the prime minister—who serves as the nation's head of government—and his deputies, and consists of the heads and deputy heads of the government ministries.
When Ahmad Shah Durrani started ruling over his empire in 1747, he had no administrative experience, nor did much of his closest advisors. As a result, he chose to adopt a government style similar to the Mughals and Safavids, with his main idea of a government based off an absolute monarchy. A tribal council ruled in hand with Ahmad Shah as well, serving as a form of cabinet. However, Ahmad Shah had made the positions of his cabinet hereditary, thus making it difficult to dismiss advisors without causing conflict. Their roles, however, were mostly purely de-jure, and tasks were delegated to subordinates.[3]
His grandson Zaman Shah had wanted a ministry and cabinet that would be loyal to him and of his people, as a result he had replaced the old ministry of his father Timur Shah and replaced them with loyal Pashtuns devoted to himself, strengthening his position on the throne.
When Emir Abdur Rahman Khan came to power in Kabul in 1880, the central administration consisted of only ten clerks overseen by a single official. Using the military branch as a supervisory body, he established a civil administration that, in a modified form, remains in place today. He introduced institutions that were precursors to modern ministries, such as the Treasury Board, Board of Trade, Bureau of Justice and Police, Department of Public Works, Office of Posts and Communications, Department of Education, and Department of Medicine. Despite his autocratic rule, Abdur Rahman Khan created a Supreme Council, similar to a modern cabinet.[4] [5]
However, this council had no prime minister and no real power, serving only in an advisory capacity. Its members included high-ranking officials like the Lord Chamberlain ('Ishik Aghasi' or Shahghasi), the Seal Keeper, the Chief Secretary, secretaries appointed by the Amir, officers of the Royal Guard, the Treasurer of the Amir’s private wealth, the Secretary of State for War, regional Secretaries of State, the Postmaster General, the Commander-in-Chief, the Master of the Horse, the Kotwal (equivalent to an Interior Minister), the Accountant General, the Chief Chamberlain, the Superintendent of the Armory, and heads of the Trade and Education Boards.[6]
In 1914, counselors advised Emir Habibullah Khan on different political issues and had some form of authority.[7] [8] With Emir Amanullah Khan's ascension to the throne on 28 February 1919, amidst numerous political reforms, the Council of Ministers, headed by Amanullah himself, was established, creating the first well-structured cabinet in the history of Afghanistan.[9]
| Portfolio | Name | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Abdul Quddus Khan[13] | 28 February 1919 – 25 October 1927[14] [15] [16] | |
| Shir Ahmad Khan[17] | 25 October 1927 – 14 January 1929[18] | |
| President of Assembly | did not exist until April 1924 | |
| Shir Ahmad Khan | April 1924 – December 1927 | |
| December 1927 – 14 January 1929 | ||
| Mahmud Tarzi[19] | 28 February 1919 – June 1922 | |
| Muhammad Wali Khan Darwazi[20] | June 1922 – April 1924 | |
| Shir Ahmad Khan (acting) | April – September 1924 | |
| Mahmud Tarzi | September 1924 – January 1927 | |
| Ghulam Siddiq Khan Charkhi[21] (acting) | January – November 1927 | |
| Muhammad Wali Khan Darwazi (acting) | November 1927 – November 1928[22] | |
| Ghulam Siddiq Khan Charkhi | November 1928 – 14 January 1929 | |
| did not exist until May 1919 | ||
| Mohammad Nadir Khan[23] | May 1919 – January 1922 | |
| Mohammad Hashim Khan[24] | January – September 1922 | |
| Muhammad Nadir Khan | September 1922 – April 1924 | |
| Muhammad Wali Khan Darwazi (acting) | April – June 1924 | |
| June 1924 – 14 January 1929 | ||
| did not exist until August 1919 | ||
| Ali Ahmad Khan[25] | August 1919 – June 1925 | |
| Abdul Aziz Barakzai | June 1925 – 1928 | |
| Abdul Ahad Wardak[26] | 1928 – 14 January 1929 | |
| did not exist until March 1919 | ||
| March 1919 – April 1924 | ||
| Abdul Hadi Dawi[27] | April 1924 – 1928 | |
| 1928 – 14 Januar 1929 | ||
| did not exist until 1938 | ||
| March 1926 – 14 January 1929 | ||
| 1919 – 1924 | ||
| 1924 – 14 January 1929 | ||
| 1919 | ||
| 1919 | ||
| ? | ||
| Hayatullah Khan | ? | |
| Faiz Mohammad Khan Zikeria | 1924 – 14 January 1929 | |
| 1919 – ? | ||
| Mirza Mahmud | ? | |
| Mir Muhammad Hashim | 1922 – 14 January 1929 | |
| did not exist until 1923 | ||
| 1923 – 14 January 1929 | ||
| Portfolio | Name | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 November 1929 – 8 November 1933 | ||
| Faiz Mohammad Khan Zikeria | 9 November 1929 – 8 November 1933 | |
| Shah Mahmud Khan | 9 November 1929 – 8 November 1933 | |
| Mohammad Hashim Khan | 9 November 1929 – 1930 | |
| Mohammad Gul Khan Momand | 1930 – 8 November 1933 | |
| 9 November 1929 – 1932 | ||
| 1932 – 8 November 1933 | ||
| 9 November 1929 – 8 November 1933 | ||
| 9 November 1929 – 1931 | ||
| 1931 – 8 November 1933 | ||
| Ali Muhammad | 9 November 1929 – 8 November 1933 | |
| 9 November 1929 – 8 November 1933 | ||
| did not exist until 1932 | ||
| Rahimullah | 1932 – 8 November 1933 | |
| Portfolio | Name | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 8 November 1933 – 9 May 1946 | ||
| First Deputy Prime Minister | did not exist until 1938 | |
| Abdur Rahim Khan[30] | 1938 – 1940 | |
| 1940 – 9 May 1946 | ||
| Second Deputy Prime Minister | did not exist until 1940 | |
| Abdur Rahim Khan | 1940 – 9 May 1946 | |
| Faiz Mohammad Khan Zikeria[31] | 8 November 1933 – 1939 | |
| 1939 – 9 May 1946 | ||
| Shah Mahmud Khan[32] | 8 November 1933 – 9 May 1946 | |
| Mohammad Gul Khan Momand[33] | 8 November 1933 – 1939 | |
| 1939 – 1942 | ||
| 1942 – 1945 | ||
| Ghulam Faruq Usman | 1945 – 9 May 1946 | |
| 8 November 1933 – 1935 | ||
| 1935 – 1945 | ||
| 1945 – 9 May 1946 | ||
| 8 November 1933 – 1945 | ||
| Muhammad Nauruz | 1945 – 9 May 1946 | |
| Mirza Muhammad Yaftali (Commerce) | 8 November 1933 – 1938 | |
| Abdul Majid Zabuli[34] (National Economy) | 1938 – 9 May 1946 | |
| 8 November 1933 – 1938 | ||
| Muhammad Naim | 1938 – 9 May 1946 | |
| 8 November 1933 – 1934 | ||
| Abdur Rahim Khan | 1934 – 1938 | |
| 1938 – 1941 | ||
| 1941 – 1942 | ||
| 1942 – 9 May 1946 | ||
| 8 November 1933 – 1934 | ||
| 1934 – 1939 | ||
| vacant (First Deputy: Zulfiqar Khan) | 1939 – 1945 | |
| 1945 – 9 May 1946 | ||
| Rahimullah (Director until 1934, President and Minister since 1934) | 8 November 1933 – 1939 | |
| Abdul Hussain Aziz (Minister) | 1939 – 1942 | |
| vacant (First Deputy: Muhammad Hussain Daftari) | 1942 – 1945 | |
| Ghulam Yahya Tarzi | 1945 – 9 May 1946 | |
| did not exist until 1937 | ||
| 1937 – 1939 | ||
| Rahimullah Khan | 1939 – 1945 | |
| 1945 – 9 May 1946 | ||
| did not exist until 1937 | ||
| 1937 – 9 May 1946 | ||
| did not exist until 1939 | ||
| 1939 – 9 May 1946 | ||
| Portfolio | Name | Year(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950 | |||
| First Deputy Prime Minister | 9 May 1946 – 1948 | ||
| Asadullah Seraj[36] | 1948 – 1949 | ||
| Ali Muhammad[37] | 1949 – 14 October 1950 | ||
| Second Deputy Prime Minister | 9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950 | ||
| Ali Muhammad | 9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950 | ||
| Mohammad Daoud Khan[38] | 9 May 1946 – 1948[39] | ||
| Muhammad Umar[40] | 1948 – 14 October 1950 | ||
| Ghulam Faruq Usman[41] | 9 May 1946 – 1948 | ||
| Asadullah Seraj | 1948 – 1949 | ||
| Mohammad Daoud Khan | 1949 – 14 October 1950 | ||
| 9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950 | |||
| 9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950 | |||
| 9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950 | |||
| Najibullah Torwayana[42] | 9 May 1946 – 1949 | ||
| 1949 – 14 October 1950 | |||
| Mohammed Kabir Ludin[43] | 9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950 | ||
| 9 May 1946 – 1947 | |||
| Abdul Majid[44] | 1947 – 14 October 1950 | ||
| 9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950[45] | |||
| 9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950 | |||
| 9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950[46] | |||
| Sayyid Qasim Rishtiya[47] | 9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950[48] |
| Portfolio | Name | Year(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 October 1950 – 7 September 1953 | |||
| vacant[50] | 7 – 20 September 1953 | ||
| First Deputy Prime Minister | 14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953 | ||
| Second Deputy Prime Minister | 14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953 | ||
| Ali Muhammad | 14 October 1950 – 18 March 1953[51] | ||
| Sultan Ahmad Khan Sherzoy[52] | 18 March – 20 September 1953[53] | ||
| Mohammad Daoud Khan | 14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953[54] [55] | ||
| Abdul Ahad Malikyar[56] | 14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953[57] | ||
| Mir Sayyid Muhammad Qasim[58] | 14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953 | ||
| 14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953[59] [60] | |||
| Mir Muhammad Haidar Husaini[61] | 14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953[62] | ||
| 14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953[63] | |||
| Muhammad Akram Parwanta[64] | 14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953[65] | ||
| Ghulam Faruq[66] | 14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953 | ||
| Ghulam Muhammad Sherzad[67] | 14 October 1950 – 1951 | ||
| Ghulam Yahya Tarzi[68] | 1951 – 1952 | ||
| Ghulam Muhammad Sherzad | 1952 – 20 September 1953 | ||
| 14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953 | |||
| 14 October 1950 – 1951 | |||
| Muhammad Zaman Taraki | 1951 – 20 September 1953 | ||
| Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal[69] | 14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953 | ||
| Sayyid Shamsuddin Majruh[70] | 14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953[71] |
| Portfolio | Name | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 20 September 1953 – 10 March 1963 | ||
| vacant[74] | 10 – 14 March 1963 | |
| First Deputy Prime Minister | 20 September 1953 – 14 March 1963 | |
| Second Deputy Prime Minister | 20 September 1953 – 14 March 1963 | |
| Muhammad Naim | 20 September 1953 – 14 March 1963 | |
| Muhammad Arif[75] | 20 September 1953 – 6 December 1955[76] | |
| vacant | 6 December 1955 – 1958[77] | |
| Mohammad Daoud Khan | 1958 – 14 March 1963 | |
| 20 September 1953 – 24 January 1956[78] | ||
| Abdul Hakim Shah Alami[79] | 24 January 1956 – 1958[80] | |
| 1958 – 14 March 1963 | ||
| 20 September 1953 – 24 January 1956[81] | ||
| Sayyid Abdullah (acting) | 24 January 1956 – 14 March 1963[82] | |
| Abdul Malik Abdul-Rahim-Zai[83] (acting) | 20 September 1953 – 1957 | |
| 1957 – 14 March 1963 | ||
| Abdul Rauf Haidar[84] | 20 September 1953 – 1954 | |
| Abdul Malik Abdul-Rahim-Zai (acting) | 1954 – 1956 | |
| Abdullah Malikyar | 1956 – 1957 | |
| 1957 – 14 March 1963 | ||
| 20 September 1953 – 1957 | ||
| Ali Ahmad Popal[85] | 1957 – 14 March 1963 | |
| Abdul Hakim Shah Alami | 20 September 1953 – 1955 | |
| 1955 – 14 March 1963 | ||
| 20 September 1953 – 24 January 1956[86] | ||
| Abdul Zahir[87] (acting) | 24 January 1956 – 14 March 1963[88] | |
| Abdul Hakim Shah Alami | 20 September 1953 – 1954 | |
| 1954 – 14 March 1963 | ||
| Mohammad Yusuf[89] | 20 September 1953 – 14 March 1963 | |
| Mir Muhammad Yusuf | 20 September 1953 – 1958 | |
| 1958 – 1962 | ||
| Muhammad Nasir Keshawarz[90] | 1962 – 14 March 1963 | |
| 20 September 1953 – 1955 | ||
| 1955 – 1956 | ||
| Abdul Satar Shalizi[91] (acting) | 1956 – 1958 | |
| 1958 – 1960 | ||
| Muhammad Asef Suhail[92] | 1960 – 14 March 1963 | |
| 20 September 1953 – 14 March 1963 | ||
| did not exist until 1957 | ||
| Mohammad Daoud Khan | 1957 – 14 March 1963 | |
| Portfolio | Name | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 14 March 1963 – 29 October 1965 | ||
| vacant[97] | 29 October – 2 November 1965 | |
| (First) Deputy Prime Minister | Abdullah Malikyar (First Deputy) | 14 March 1963 – 7 July 1964 |
| vacant | 7 July – 30 September 1964 | |
| Abdul Zahir (Deputy) | 30 September 1964 – 25 October 1965 | |
| Sayyid Shamsuddin Majruh (Deputy) | 25 October – 2 November 1965[98] | |
| Second Deputy Prime Minister | 14 March 1963 – 7 July 1964 | |
| position was discarded on 7 July 1964 | ||
| Mohammad Yusuf | 14 March 1963 – 2 November 1965 | |
| Khan Mohammad Khan[99] | 14 March 1963 – 2 November 1965 | |
| 14 March – 23 May 1963 | ||
| Abdul Kayeum[100] | 23 May 1963 – 25 October 1965 | |
| Mohammad Husain Messa[101] | 25 October – 2 November 1965 | |
| 14 March 1963 – 25 October 1965 | ||
| vacant | 25 October – 2 November 1965 | |
| Abdullah Malikyar | 14 March 1963 – 7 July 1964 | |
| 7 July 1964 – 25 October 1965 | ||
| Abdullah Yaftali[102] | 25 October – 2 November 1965 | |
| vacant | 14 March – 20 October 1963 | |
| Mohammad Sawar Omar[103] | 20 October 1963 – 2 November 1965 | |
| Nour Ali[104] | 25 October – 2 November 1965 | |
| 14 March 1963 – 7 July 1964 | ||
| Mohammad Anas[105] | 7 July 1964 – 2 November 1965 | |
| Mohammad Azim[106] | 14 March 1963 – 2 November 1965 | |
| 25 October – 2 November 1965 | ||
| Abdur Rahim[107] | 14 March 1963 – 30 September 1964 | |
| Abdul Zahir | 30 September 1964 – 2 November 1965 | |
| 25 October – 2 November 1965 | ||
| Abdul Kayeum | 14 March – 12 November 1963 | |
| Mohammad Haider[108] | 12 November 1963 – 2 November 1965 | |
| Mohammad Yusuf | 14 March – 12 November 1963 | |
| Mohammad Husain Messa | 12 November 1963 – 25 October 1965 | |
| vacant | 25 October – 2 November 1965 | |
| Mohammad Nasir Keshawarz[109] | 14 March 1963 – 25 October 1965 | |
| Mir Mohammad Akbar Reza[110] | 25 October – 2 November 1965 | |
| Sayyid Qasim Rishtiya | 14 March 1963 – 19 December 1964 | |
| 19 December 1964 – 2 November 1965 | ||
| 14 March – 25 April 1963[111] | ||
| 25 April 1963 – 25 October 1965 | ||
| vacant | 25 October – 2 November 1965 | |
| 14 March – 20 October 1963 | ||
| Abdullah Yaftali | 20 October 1963 – 25 October 1965 | |
| Abdul Samad Hamed[112] | 25 October – 2 November 1965 | |
| Portfolio | Name | Year(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 November 1965 – 11 October 1967 | |||
| Abdullah Yaftali (acting)[114] | 11 October – 15 November 1967 | ||
| First Deputy Prime Minister | vacant | 2 November 1965 – 20 June 1966 | |
| 20 June 1966 – 15 November 1967 | |||
| Second Deputy Prime Minister | vacant | 2 November 1965 – 20 June 1966 | |
| 20 June 1966 – 15 November 1967 | |||
| Nur Ahmad Etemadi | 2 November 1965 – 15 November 1967 | ||
| 2 November 1965 – 15 November 1967 | |||
| Abdul Satar Shalizi | 2 November 1965 – 26 January 1967 | ||
| Ahmadullah[115] | 26 January – 15 November 1967[116] | ||
| Abdul Hakim Tabibi[117] | 2 November 1965 – 17 August 1966 | ||
| 17 August 1966 – 27 July 1967 | |||
| Mohammad Ehsan Taraki[118] | 17 July – 15 November 1967 | ||
| Abdullah Yaftali | 2 November 1965 – 26 January 1967 | ||
| 26 January – 15 November 1967 | |||
| Nour Ali | 2 November 1965 – 15 November 1967 | ||
| Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal | 2 November – 1 December 1965 | ||
| Mohammad Osman Anwari[119] | 1 December 1965 – 15 November 1967 | ||
| Ahmadullah | 2 November 1965 – 26 January 1967 | ||
| 26 January – 15 November 1967 | |||
| Mohammad Osman Anwari | 2 November – 1 December 1965 | ||
| Kubra Noorzai[120] | 1 December 1965 – 15 November 1967 | ||
| 2 November 1965 – 17 August 1966[121] | |||
| Abdul Karim Hakimi | 17 August 1966 – 26 January 1967 | ||
| Mohammad Azim Gran[122] (acting) | 26 January – 15 November 1967 | ||
| Abdul Samad Salim[123] | 2 November 1965 – 15 November 1967 | ||
| Mir Mohammad Akbar Reza[124] | 2 November 1965 – 15 November 1967 | ||
| Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal (Press and Information) | 2 November – 1 December 1965 | ||
| Mohammad Osman Sidqi[125] (Press and Information) | 1 December 1965 – 13 June 1967 | ||
| Abdul Rauf Benawa (Information and Culture) | 13 June – 15 November 1967 | ||
| vacant | 2 November – 1 December 1965 | ||
| Mohammed Khalid Roashan[126] | 1 December 1965 – 15 November 1967 | ||
| vacant | 2 November – 1 December 1965 | ||
| Abdul Hakim Ziayee[127] | 1 December 1965 – 27 July 1967 | ||
| Abdullah Yaftali | 27 July – 15 November 1967 | ||
| Abdullah Yaftali | 26 January – 27 July 1967 | ||
| 27 July – 15 November 1967 | |||
| Abdul Ghafoor Ravan Farhadi[128] | 2 November 1965 – 15 November 1967 |
| Portfolio | Name | Year(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969 | |||
| First Deputy Prime Minister | 15 November 1967 – 28 June 1969 | ||
| vacant | 28 June – 2 December 1969 | ||
| Second Deputy Prime Minister | 15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969 | ||
| Nur Ahmad Etemadi | 15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969 | ||
| 15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969 | |||
| Mohammad Omar Wardak[131] | 15 November 1967 – 23 June 1969 | ||
| Mohammad Bashir Lodin[132] (acting) | 23 June – 2 December 1969 | ||
| Mohammad Asghar[133] | 15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969 | ||
| Mohammad Anwar Ziayee[134] | 15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969 | ||
| Nour Ali | 15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969 | ||
| Ali Ahmad Popal | 15 November 1967 – 19 November 1968 | ||
| vacant | 19 November 1968 – 3 March 1969 | ||
| Mohammad Akram[135] | 3 March – 2 December 1969 | ||
| 15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969 | |||
| 15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969 | |||
| 15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969 | |||
| Abdul Samad Salim[136] | 15 November 1967 – Summer 1968 | ||
| Mohammad Husain Messa | Summer 1968 – 2 December 1969 | ||
| 15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969 | |||
| 15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969 | |||
| Sayyid Masood Pohanyar[137] | 15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969 | ||
| Abdul Samad Hamed | 15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969 | ||
| Abdul Wahid Sorabi[138] | 15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969 |
| Portfolio | Name | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971[140] [141] | ||
| First Deputy Prime Minister | 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971 | |
| Second Deputy Prime Minister | 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971 | |
| Nur Ahmad Etemadi | 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971 | |
| 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971 | ||
| 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971 | ||
| Abdul Satar Sirat[142] | 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971 | |
| Mohammad Aman[143] | 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971 | |
| Mohammad Akbar Omar | 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971 | |
| Abdul Kayeum | 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971 | |
| Mohammad Yaqub Lali[144] | 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971 | |
| Ibrahim Majid Seraj[145] | 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971 | |
| 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971 | ||
| 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971 | ||
| 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971 | ||
| Mahmoud Habibi[146] | 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971 | |
| 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971 | ||
| Abdul Wahid Sorabi | 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971 | |
| 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971 | ||
| 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971 |
| Portfolio | Name | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972[150] | ||
| Deputy Prime Minister | 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972 | |
| Mohammad Musa Shafiq[151] | 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972 | |
| 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972 | ||
| Amanullah Mansoori[152] | 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972 | |
| Mohammad Anwar Arghandiwal[153] | 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972 | |
| Ghulam Haidar Dawar[154] | 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972 | |
| Mohammad Aref Ghausi[155] | 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972 | |
| 26 July 1971 – 12 April 1972[156] | ||
| Mohammad Yasin Azim[157] (acting) | 12 April – 12 December 1972[158] | |
| Khwazak Zalmai[159] | 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972 | |
| 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972 | ||
| Nasratullah Malikyar[160] | 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972 | |
| 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972 | ||
| 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972 | ||
| Mohammad Ibrahim Abbasi[161] | 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972[162] | |
| Abdul Samad Hamed (temporarily) | 26 July 1971 – 15 April 1972 | |
| 15 April – 12 December 1972[163] | ||
| Abdul Wahid Sorabi | 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972 | |
| 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972 | ||
| Abdul Wakil[164] [165] | 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972 | |
| Abdul Satar Sirat | 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972 |
| Portfolio | Name | Year(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973[169] | |||
| Deputy Prime Minister | vacant | 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973 | |
| Mohammad Musa Shafiq | 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973 | ||
| 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973 | |||
| Nematullah Pazhwak[170] | 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973 | ||
| Samiuddin Zhwand[171] [172] (caretaker) | 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973 | ||
| Mohammad Khan Jalalar[173] | 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973 | ||
| Ali Nawaz[174] (caretaker) | 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973 | ||
| 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973[175] | |||
| 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973 | |||
| Muhammad Akhtar Khoshbin[176] (caretaker) | 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973 | ||
| 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973 | |||
| Ghulam Dastagir Azizi[177] | 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973 | ||
| 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973 | |||
| Sabahuddin Kushkaki[178] | 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973 | ||
| Mohammad Gulab Nangarhari[179] (caretaker) | 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973 | ||
| Abdul Wahid Sorabi | 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973 | ||
| vacant | 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973 |
| Portfolio | Name | Year(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| President and Prime Minister[182] | 17 July 1973 – 28 September 1975[183] | ||
| Deputy Prime Minister | Mohammad Hasan Sharq[184] | 2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975 | |
| Mohammad Daoud Khan | 2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975 | ||
| Mohammad Daoud Khan | 2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975 | ||
| Faiz Mohammed[185] | 2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975 | ||
| 2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975 | |||
| Sayyid Abdulillah[186] | 2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975 | ||
| 2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975[187] | |||
| 2 August 1973 – 19 December 1974[188] | |||
| 19 December 1974 – 28 September 1975 | |||
| Ghausuddin Fayeq[189] | 2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975 | ||
| Nazar Mohammad Sekandar[190] | 2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975 | ||
| Abdul Hamid Mohtat[191] | 2 August 1973 – 22 April 1974[192] | ||
| Azizullah Zayer [193] (acting)[194] | 22 April 1974 – 28 September 1975 | ||
| Abdul Kayeum | 2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975 | ||
| Ghulam Jilani Bakhtari[195] | 2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975 | ||
| Abdul Rahim Nevin[196] | 2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975 | ||
| Pacha Gul Wafadar[197] | 2 August 1973 – 24 March 1974 | ||
| vacant | 24 March 1974 – 28 September 1975 | ||
| Ali Ahmad Khurram[198] | 2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975[199] |
| Portfolio | Name | Year(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977[202] [203] | |||
| (First) Deputy Prime Minister | 28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977 | ||
| Second Deputy Prime Minister[204] | 28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977 | ||
| Mohammad Daoud Khan | 28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977 | ||
| Mohammad Daoud Khan | 28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977 | ||
| Abdul Qadir Nuristani[205] | 28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977 | ||
| 28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977 | |||
| Sayyid Abdulillah | 28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977 | ||
| 28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977 | |||
| 28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977 | |||
| Ghausuddin Fayeq | 28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977 | ||
| 28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977 | |||
| Abdul Karim Atayi | 28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977 | ||
| Abdul Tawab Asefi | 28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977 | ||
| Azizullah Wasefi | 28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977 | ||
| 28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977 | |||
| Faiz Mohammed | 28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977 | ||
| Ali Ahmad Khurram | 28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977 |
| Portfolio | Name | Year(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978 | |||
| Deputy Prime Minister | 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978 | ||
| Mohammad Daoud Khan | 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978 | ||
| Ghulam Haidar Rasuli[207] | 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978 | ||
| 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978 | |||
| Wafiullah Samyee[208] | 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978 | ||
| 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978 | |||
| 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978 | |||
| 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978 | |||
| Ghulam Siddiq Muhibbi[209] | 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978 | ||
| 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978 | |||
| Abdullah Omar[210] | 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978 | ||
| Abdul Karim Atayi[211] | 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978 | ||
| Abdul Tawab Asefi[212] | 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978 | ||
| Azizullah Wasefi[213] | 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978 | ||
| Jum'a-Mohammad Mohammadi[214] | 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978 | ||
| 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978 | |||
| Abdul Kayeum | 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978 | ||
| Ali Ahmad Khurram | 19 March – 16 November 1977 | ||
| Abdul Aziz Ferough[215] (acting)[216] | 16 November 1977 – 28 April 1978 | ||
| 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978 |
| Portfolio | Name | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 30 April 1978 – 27 March 1979 | ||
| 27 – 31 March 1979 | ||
| Deputy Prime Minister | 30 April – 5 July 1978 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister | 30 April 1978 – 27 March 1979 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Mohammad Aslam Watanjar[219] | 30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979 |
| Hafizullah Amin | 30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979 | |
| Abdul Qadir[220] | 30 April – 17 August 1978 | |
| Nur Ahmad Taraki | 17 August 1978 – 31 March 1979 | |
| Nur Ahmed Nur[221] | 30 April – 5 July 1978 | |
| Abdul Hakim Sharayee Jauzjani[222] | 30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979 | |
| Abdul Karim Misaq[223] | 30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979 | |
| 30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979 | ||
| Ghulam Dastagir Panjsheri[224] | 30 April – 28 August 1978 | |
| 28 August 1978 – 31 March 1979 | ||
| Mahmud Suma[225] | 30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979 | |
| Mohammed Rafie[226] | 30 April – 23 August 1978 | |
| vacant | 23 – 28 August 1978 | |
| Ghulam Dastagir Panjsheri | 28 August 1978 – 31 March 1979 | |
| Akbar Shah Wali[227] | 30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979 | |
| Mohammad Aslam Watanjar | 30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979 | |
| Mohammad Ismail Danish[228] | 30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979 | |
| Saleh Mohammad Zeary[229] | 30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979 | |
| Mohammad Mansur Hashemi[230] | 30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979 | |
| Mohammed Hassan Bareq Shafiee[231] | 30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979 | |
| Sulaiman Layeq[232] | 30 April – 29 November 1978[233] | |
| was merged with the Ministry of Information and Culture on 29 November 1978 | ||
| Nizamuddin Tahzib[234] | 30 April – 28 August 1978 | |
| Sahibjan Sahrayi | 28 August 1978 – 31 March 1979 | |
| Sultan Ali Keshtmand | 30 April – 23 August 1978 | |
| Muhammad Sediq Alemyar[235] | 23 August 1978 – 31 March 1979 | |
| Anahita Ratebzad[236] | 30 April – 12 July 1978[237] | |
| was discarded on 12 July 1978 | ||
| Portfolio | Name | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March – 27 December 1979 | ||
| Deputy First Minister | 31 March – 27 December 1979 | |
| Hafizullah Amin | 31 March – 28 July 1979 | |
| Akbar Shah Wali | 28 July – 27 December 1979[242] | |
| 31 March – 28 July 1979 | ||
| Hafizullah Amin (caretaker) | 28 July – 27 December 1979 | |
| Sherjan Mazdooryar[243] | 31 March – 28 July 1979 | |
| Mohammad Aslam Watanjar | 28 July – 14 September 1979 | |
| Faqir Mohammad Faqir[244] | 14 September – 27 December 1979 | |
| 31 March – 27 December 1979 | ||
| 31 March – 27 December 1979 | ||
| 31 March – 27 December 1979 | ||
| 31 March – 28 July 1979 | ||
| 28 July – 27 December 1979 | ||
| 31 March – 27 December 1979 | ||
| 31 March – 27 December 1979 | ||
| Akbar Shah Wali | 31 March – 28 July 1979 | |
| Saleh Mohammad Zeary | 28 July – 27 December 1979 | |
| Communications Minister[245] | Sayed Mohammad Gulabzoy[246] | 31 March – 14 September 1979 |
| Mohammad Zarif[247] | 14 September – 27 December 1979[248] | |
| Mohammad Ismail Danish | 31 March – 27 December 1979 | |
| Saleh Mohammad Zeary[249] | 31 March – 28 July 1979 | |
| Abdul Rashid Jalili | 28 July – 27 December 1979 | |
| 31 March – 27 December 1979 | ||
| Mohammad Katawazi[250] | 31 March – 27 December 1979 | |
| Sahib Jan Sahraee[251] | 31 March – 28 July 1979 | |
| Sherjan Mazdooryar | 28 July – 14 September 1979 | |
| Sahib Jan Sahraee | 14 September – 27 December 1979 | |
| Muhammad Sediq Alemyar | 31 March – 27 December 1979 | |
| 31 March – 27 December 1979 | ||
| did not exist until 28 July 1979[252] | ||
| Sahib Jan Sahraee | 28 July – 14 September 1979 | |
| was dissolved on 14 September 1979[253] | ||
| Portfolio | Name | Year(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981 | |||
| Deputy Prime Minister | 27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981 | ||
| Deputy Prime Minister | Sultan Ali Keshtmand[261] | 27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Abdul Rashid Arian[262] | 16 August 1980 – 11 June 1981 | |
| 27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981 | |||
| 27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981 | |||
| 27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981 | |||
| vacant | 27 December 1979 – 10 January 1980 | ||
| Abdul Rashid Arian | 10 January 1980 – 11 June 1981 | ||
| 27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981 | |||
| 27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981 | |||
| 27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981 | |||
| vacant | 27 December 1979 – 10 January 1980 | ||
| Gul Dad[263] | 10 January 1980 – 11 June 1981 | ||
| vacant | 27 December 1979 – 10 January 1980 | ||
| Nazar Mohammad[264] | 10 January 1980 – 11 June 1981 | ||
| vacant | 27 December 1979 – 10 January 1980 | ||
| Mohammad Ibrahim Azim[265] | 10 January 1980 – 11 June 1981 | ||
| vacant | 27 December 1979 – 10 January 1980 | ||
| 10 January 1980 – 11 June 1981 | |||
| vacant | 27 December 1979 – 10 January 1980 | ||
| Mohammad Ismail Danish | 10 January 1980 – 11 June 1981 | ||
| vacant | 27 December 1979 – 10 January 1980 | ||
| Fazl Rahim Mohmand[266] | 10 January 1980 – 11 June 1981 | ||
| vacant | 27 December 1979 – 10 January 1980 | ||
| Raz Mohammad Paktin[267] | 10 January 1980 – 11 June 1981 | ||
| vacant | 27 December 1979 – 10 January 1980 | ||
| Abdul Majid Sarbuland[268] | 10 January 1980 – 11 June 1981 | ||
| Faiz Mohammed | 27 December 1979 – 11 September 1980 | ||
| unknown | 11 September 1980 – 11 June 1981 | ||
| Sultan Ali Keshtmand | 27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981 | ||
| 27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981 |
| Portfolio | Name | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 11 June 1981 – 26 May 1988 | ||
| Mohammad Hasan Sharq | 26 May – 16 June 1988 | |
| First Deputy Chairman | did not exist until 4 December 1986 | |
| Nazar Mohammad[273] | 4 December 1986 – 16 June 1988[274] | |
| Deputy Chairman | 11 June 1981 – November 1986;[275] before 7 July 1987 – 16 June 1988[276] | |
| Deputy Chairman | 11 June 1981 – September 1986[277] | |
| Deputy Chairman | 1 April 1982 – 18 October 1983[278] | |
| Deputy Chairman | before 13 October 1982 – 16 June 1988[279] | |
| Deputy Chairman | 25 September 1982 – after 15 September 1986[280] [281] | |
| Deputy Chairman | Sarwar Mangal[282] | 18 October 1983 – after 10 January 1986[283] |
| Deputy Chairman | Sayed Mohammad Nasim Mayhanparast[284] | 30 November 1985 – 16 June 1988[285] |
| Deputy Chairman | Sayed Amanuddin Amin[286] | 26 December 1985 – 16 June 1988[287] [288] |
| Deputy Chairman | Mohammad Aziz[289] | before 15 September 1986 – 16 June 1988 |
| Deputy Chairman | Mohammad Hakim[290] | before 8 January 1987 – 16 June 1988 |
| Deputy Chairman | June 1987 – 16 June 1988 | |
| Deputy Chairman | June 1987 – 26 May 1988[291] | |
| Deputy Chairman | before 2 November 1987 – 16 June 1988 | |
| 11 June 1981 – 4 December 1986 | ||
| 4 December 1986 – 16 June 1988 | ||
| Mohammed Rafie | 11 June 1981 – January 1982[292] | |
| January 1982 – 4 December 1984 | ||
| Nazar Mohammad | 4 December 1984 – 4 December 1986[293] | |
| Mohammed Rafie | 4 December 1986 – 16 June 1988[294] | |
| 11 June 1981 – 16 June 1988 | ||
| did not exist until 4 May 1986 | ||
| Ghulam Faruq Yaqubi[295] | 4 May 1986 – 16 June 1988[296] | |
| Abdul Wahab Safi[297] | 11 June 1981 – 18 October 1983[298] | |
| Muhammad Bashir Baghlani[299] | 18 October 1983 – 16 June 1988[300] | |
| Abdul Wakil | 11 June 1981 – July 1984 | |
| July 1984 – 16 June 1988[301] | ||
| 11 June 1981 – 16 June 1988 | ||
| was founded between 16 March and 12 April 1984 | ||
| Mohammad Aziz | before 12 April 1984 – after 10 January 1986 | |
| Lemar Ahmad Lemar[302] | June 1986 – before 4 January 1988[303] [304] | |
| before 4 January – 16 June 1988 | ||
| was not established before 2 November 1987 | ||
| vacant | before 2 November 1987 – 16 June 1988 | |
| was not established before 2 November 1987 | ||
| vacant | before 2 November 1987 – 16 June 1988 | |
| Faqir Mohammad Yaqubi[305] | 11 June 1981 – 7 April 1983 | |
| Abdul Samad Qayumi[306] | 7 April 1983 – 16 June 1988[307] | |
| Gul Dad | 11 June 1981 – 12 September 1982[308] | |
| Sarwar Mangal | 12 September 1982 – 18 October 1983[309] | |
| Burhanuddin Ghiasi[310] | 18 October 1983 – before 4 January 1988 | |
| before 4 January – 16 June 1988 | ||
| split up from the Ministry of Higher and Vocational Education before 2 November 1987 | ||
| vacant | before 2 November 1987 – before 4 January 1988 | |
| before 4 January – 16 June 1988 | ||
| Public Works Minister[311] | Nazar Mohammad | 11 June 1981 – 16 June 1988 |
| 11 June 1981 – May 1982[312] | ||
| Mohammed Nabi Kamyar[313] | May 1982 – March 1987[314] [315] | |
| Sher Bahadur[316] | March 1987 – 16 June 1988 | |
| 11 June 1981 – 16 June 1988 | ||
| Mohammad Ismail Danish | 11 June 1981 – before 17 July 1985 | |
| Najibullah Masir | before 17 July 1985 – 30 October 1987 | |
| Mohammad Ishaq Kawa[317] | 30 October 1987 – 16 June 1988[318] | |
| 11 June 1981 – 28 August 1982 | ||
| Abdul Ghafar Lakanwal[319] | 28 August 1982 – before 7 July 1987 | |
| before 7 July 1987 – 16 June 1988 | ||
| was founded between 12 May and 15 July 1982 | ||
| Ahmad Shah Sorkhabi[320] | before 15 July 1982 – 16 June 1988[321] | |
| Water and Power Minister[322] | 11 June 1981 – 16 June 1988 | |
| Abdul Majid Sarbuland | 11 June 1981 – 12 September 1982 | |
| was dissolved on 12 September 1982 | ||
| 11 June 1981 – 16 June 1988 | ||
| split up from the Ministry of Tribes and Nationalities on 29 October 1987 | ||
| vacant | 29 October 1987 – before 4 January 1988 | |
| Mohammad Akbar Shormach[323] | before 4 January – 16 June 1988 | |
| did not exist before June 1987 | ||
| Mohammad Hasan Sharq | June 1987 – 16 June 1988 | |
| Sultan Ali Keshtmand | 11 June 1981 – 18 October 1983[324] | |
| Sarwar Mangal | 18 October 1983 – 16 June 1988 | |
| 11 June 1981 – 16 June 1988 | ||
| did not exist before 29 August 1986 | ||
| 29 August 1986 – 16 June 1988 | ||
| was founded in April 1985[325] [326] | ||
| Abdul Wali Hojat[327] | April 1985 – October 1986[328] [329] | |
| October 1986 – 16 June 1988 | ||
| Faqir Mohammad Yaqubi | 7 April 1983 – 16 June 1988 | |
| Minister without portfolio Minister of State | January 1987 – 16 June 1988[330] | |
| not a ministerial post until 1 April 1982[331] [332] [333] | ||
| Mehrabuddin Paktiawal[334] | 1 April 1982 – after 8 January 1987[335] | |
| before 7 July 1987 – 16 June 1988[336] | ||
| Minister of State for Economic Affairs | did not exist until 26 December 1985 | |
| 26 December 1985 – 16 June 1988[337] | ||
| Minister of State for Islamic Affairs | did not exist until 26 December 1985 | |
| Abdul Ghafur Baher[338] | 26 December 1985 – 16 June 1988 | |
| Minister of State for Social and Cultural Affairs | did not exist until 26 December 1985 | |
| Abdul Wahid Sorabi | 26 December 1985 – before 4 January 1988 | |
| vacant | before 4 January – 16 June 1988 | |
| Minister of State for Nationalities and Tribal Affairs | did not exist until 26 December 1985 | |
| Sarjang Khan Jaji[339] | 26 December 1985 – 16 June 1988 | |
| Minister of State for Foreign Affairs | did not exist until 4 December 1986 | |
| 4 December 1986 – 16 June 1988 | ||
| Minister of State for Direct Cooperation | did not exist until before 4 January 1988 | |
| before 4 January – 16 June 1988 | ||
| Portfolio | Name | Year(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 June 1988 – 20 February 1989 | |||
| vacant | 20 – 21 February 1989[343] | ||
| Deputy Chairman | before 1 July 1988 – 21 February 1989 | ||
| Deputy Chairman | before 1 July 1988 – 21 February 1989 | ||
| Deputy Chairman | Sarwar Mangal | before 1 July 1988 – 21 February 1989 | |
| 16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989 | |||
| vacant | 16 June – 17 August 1988 | ||
| Shahnawaz Tanai[344] | 17 August 1988 – 21 February 1989[345] | ||
| 16 June – 8 November 1988 | |||
| vacant | 8 – 16 November 1988 | ||
| 16 November 1988 – 21 February 1989[346] [347] | |||
| 16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989 | |||
| 16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989 | |||
| 16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989 | |||
| 16 June 1988 – 18 February 1989 | |||
| 18 – 21 February 1989 | |||
| Dost Mohammad Fazl[348] | 16 June 1988 – 18 February 1989 | ||
| Abdul Bahar[349] [350] | 18 – 21 February 1989 | ||
| Ghulam Rasul Rasuli[351] | 16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989 | ||
| Nur Ahmad Barits[352] | 16 June 1988 – 18 February 1989 | ||
| Khudadad Ismail Danesh[353] [354] | 18 – 21 February 1989 | ||
| Construction Affairs Minister[355] | 16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989 | ||
| Abdul Fatah Najm[356] | 16 June 1988 – 18 February 1989 | ||
| Sayyed Amin Zara[357] | 18 – 21 February 1989 | ||
| Mohammad Aslam Watanjar | 16 June – 16 November 1988 | ||
| vacant | 16 November – 19 December 1988 | ||
| Mir Azmuddin[358] | 19 December 1988 – 21 February 1989 | ||
| 16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989 | |||
| Mohammad Ghofran[359] | 16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989 | ||
| Water and Power Minister[360] | 16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989 | ||
| was re-established on 5 July 1988[361] | |||
| vacant | 5 – 9 July 1988 | ||
| Ahmad Bashir Ruigar[362] | 9 July 1988 – 21 February 1989 | ||
| Asif Zahir[363] | 16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989 | ||
| Tribal Affairs/ Border Affairs Minister[364] | 16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989 | ||
| Abdul Ghafar Farahi[365] | 16 June 1988 – 18 February 1989 | ||
| Sayed Akram Paigir[366] | 18 – 21 February 1989 | ||
| Sultan Hussain[367] | 16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989 | ||
| 16 June – 19 December 1988 | |||
| Khalilullah[368] | 19 December 1988 – 21 February 1989 | ||
| 16 June 1988 – 18 February 1989 | |||
| 18 – 21 February 1989 | |||
| vacant | 16 June 1988 – 18 February 1989 | ||
| 18 – 21 February 1989 | |||
| 16 June 1988 – before 1 January 1989 | |||
| before 1 January – 21 February 1989[369] | |||
| Minister without portfolio[370] | Nur Ahmad Barits | 18 – 21 February 1989 | |
| Minister without portfolio Minister of State | 16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989 | ||
| Minister without portfolio Minister of State | 16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989 | ||
| Minister without portfolio Minister of State | 16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989 | ||
| Minister without portfolio Minister of State | 16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989 | ||
| Minister without portfolio Minister of State | 16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989 | ||
| Portfolio | Name | Year(s) | Affiliation | Ethnicity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 February 1989 – 7 May 1990[375] [376] | ||||
| 7 – 21 May 1990 | ||||
| First Deputy Chairman | was re-established on 24 June 1989 | |||
| Mahmood Baryalai[377] | 24 June 1989 – 21 May 1990[378] [379] | |||
| Deputy Chairman | 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | |||
| Deputy Chairman | 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | Tajik | ||
| Deputy Chairman | Sarwar Mangal | 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | ||
| Deputy Chairman | before 3 November 1989 – 21 May 1990 | |||
| 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | ||||
| 21 February 1989 – 6 March 1990 | ||||
| 6 March – 21 May 1990 | ||||
| Mohammad Aslam Watanjar | 21 February 1989 – 6 March 1990 | |||
| 6 March – 21 May 1990 | ||||
| 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | ||||
| 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | Tajik | |||
| 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | ||||
| 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | ||||
| Abdul Bahar | 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | |||
| 21 February – before 3 November 1989 | ||||
| Khodaidad Basharmal[381] | before 3 November 1989 – 21 May 1990 | |||
| 21 February – before 3 November 1989 | ||||
| Mehr Mohammad Ejazi[382] | before 3 November 1989 – 21 May 1990 | |||
| 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | ||||
| 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | ||||
| 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | ||||
| 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | Tajik | |||
| 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | ||||
| Raz Mohammad Paktin | 21 February 1989 – 6 March 1990 | |||
| vacant | 6 March – 21 May 1990 | |||
| 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | ||||
| 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | ||||
| 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990[383] | ||||
| 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | ||||
| 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | ||||
| 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | ||||
| 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | ||||
| 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | ||||
| 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | ||||
| Minister without portfolio Minister of State | 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | |||
| Minister without portfolio Minister of State | 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | |||
| Minister without portfolio Minister of State | 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | |||
| Minister without portfolio Minister of State | 21 February 1989 – 7 May 1990 | |||
| Minister without portfolio Minister of State | 21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 | |||
| Minister without portfolio Minister of State | 21 February 1989 – before 3 November 1989 | |||
| Minister without portfolio Minister of State | before 3 November 1989 – 21 May 1990 | |||
| Minister without portfolio Minister of State | before 3 November 1989 – 21 May 1990 | |||
| Portfolio | Name | Year(s) | Affiliation | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | ||||
| First Deputy Chairman | 21 May 1990 – after 7 January 1991 | |||
| vacant | before 8 July 1991 – 16 April 1992 | |||
| Deputy Chairman | 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | Tajik | ||
| Deputy Chairman | 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | |||
| Deputy Chairman | Abdul Qayyum Nurzai[391] | 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | ||
| Deputy Chairman | Sarwar Mangal | 21 May – after 7 September 1990 | ||
| Deputy Chairman | 21 May – after 7 September 1990 | |||
| Deputy Chairman | before 8 July 1991 – 16 April 1992 | |||
| Deputy Chairman | before 8 July 1991 – 16 April 1992 | |||
| 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | ||||
| 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | ||||
| 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | ||||
| 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | ||||
| Ghulam Mohaiuddin Darez[392] | 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | |||
| 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | ||||
| 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | ||||
| Mohammad Anwar Dost[393] | 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | |||
| Masuma Esmati-Wardak[394] | 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | |||
| Mohammad Anwar Shams[395] | 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | |||
| Faqir Mohammad Nekzad[396] | 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | |||
| 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | ||||
| Sayed Nasim Alawi[397] | 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | |||
| Abdul Samad Saleh[398] | 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | |||
| 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | ||||
| Abdul Ghafur Rahim[399] | 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | |||
| 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | ||||
| Hayatullah Azizi[400] | 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | |||
| 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | ||||
| Returnees Affairs Minister[401] | Fateh Muhammad Tarin[402] | 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | ||
| Abdul Wahid Sorabi | 21 May – after 7 September 1990 | |||
| vacant | before 7 January – 7 February 1991 | |||
| Ghulam Mahiyuddin Shahbaz[403] | 7 February 1991 – 16 April 1992 | |||
| 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | ||||
| Civil Aviation Minister[404] | 21 May 1990 – 7 February 1991 | |||
| 7 February 1991 – 16 April 1992 | ||||
| Muhammad Siddiq Sailani[405] | 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | |||
| Central Statistics Minister[406] | Ghulam Mahiyuddin Shahbaz | 21 May 1990 – 7 February 1991 | ||
| Nazir Ahmad Shahidi[407] | 7 February 1991 – 16 April 1992 | |||
| Social Security Minister[408] | Saleha Farooq Etemadi[409] | 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | ||
| Central Bank President[410] | 21 May – after 7 September 1990 | |||
| Abdul Wahab Asefi[411] | before 7 January – before 8 July 1991 | |||
| Khalilullah Sediq[412] | before 8 July 1991 – 16 April 1992 | |||
| before 6 March – 16 April 1992 | ||||
| Minister without portfolio Minister of State | 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | |||
| Minister without portfolio Minister of State | 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | |||
| Minister without portfolio Minister of State | 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 | |||
| Minister without portfolio Minister of State | 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992 |
See main article: Afghan Civil War (1989–1992).
Beginning on 18 March 1992 when President Mohammed Najibullah announced that he would resign as soon as a transitional authority was formed and especially since 10 April when a UN-backed plan of a pre-transition council composed of impartial personalities was presented,[413] the government of the Republic of Afghanistan began to deteriorate quickly as government members were beginning to defect to the different mujahedin parties, offering assistance to each of the parties entering Kabul. The dynamics of these defections were heavily influenced by ethnic identity. Most Pashtun officials and police officers in the Ministry of Interior Affairs around Mohammad Aslam Watanjar, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs around Raz Mohammad Paktin and other members from the Khalq faction sought to build alliances with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, commander of the Hizb-e Islami, while Tajik officers in the military and government, being mostly Parchamites, were defecting to Ahmad Shah Massoud, commander of the Jamiat-e Islami, and Turkmen and Uzbek officials were siding with Abdul Rashid Dostum, formerly aligned with the government but recently defected himself forming the Junbish-i Milli. On 16 April, Najibullah resigned after coming under pressure from an alliance of rebel leaders and dissident army officers. He tried to flee the country, but was intercepted by the dissident army unit of Dostum at the Kabul International Airport, and his whereabouts remained unclear.
Between 16 and 28 April 1992, though still officially in charge of the executive,[414] the Khaliqyar Council of Ministers de facto did not exist anymore. In the wake of his resignation, Najibullah handed over power to a council composed of senior members of the executive committee of his ruling Watan Party, namely the four Vice Presidents Abdul Rahim Hatif (as acting President),[415] Abdul Hamid Mohtat, Mohammed Rafie and Abdul Wahid Sorabi.[416] [417] But amid reports of escalating fighting and troop defections in and around Kabul, the new council's control of the capital appeared tenuous and divided. According to some sources, the actual power in the government was held by four Tajik ex-PDPA generals allied with Massoud who were backed by army leaders in the capital and northern Afghanistan. Among those four were Deputy Defense Minister Mohammad Nabi Azimi,[418] the commander of the Kabul Garrison Baba Jan Zahid and Chief of Staff of the army Muhammad Asif Delawar.[419] Foreign Minister Abdul Wakil, himself being a dissident, stated that the insurgents were open to transferring power to a UN-sponsored interim government if one could be established. The United Nations Security Council held an emergency session to address the Afghan crisis, and UN envoy Benon Sevan extended his stay in Kabul for further discussions. Additionally, Wakil reported that Ghulam Faruq Yaqubi, the head of the KHAD, had committed suicide and was replaced by Osman Sultani.[420] [421] [422] [423] [424] [425]
On 24 April, the Peshawar Accords were signed, and different mujahideen groups took over control: while the Ministry of Interior Affairs and the Arg were occupied by Hekmatyar’s forces, most of the other government ministries were conquered by Massoud‘s and Dostum‘s forces. By 25 April, the city center of Kabul, which was the last part of the city still in the hands of the government,[426] fell into the hands of the different mujahideen rebel groups.[427]
At a press conference in Peshawar, the leaders of six rebel parties named a 50-member interim council, composed of five representatives from each of the ten major rebel groups. The council was to be under the leadership of the Afghan National Liberation Front leader and former Afghan Interim Government president Sibghatullah Mojaddedi and was to move to Kabul within two days to rule for two months. After two months of rule by Mojaddedi, Jamiat-e Islami leader Burhanuddin Rabbani was to take over as president of the transitional government for four months before a permanent government was to replace it. In Rabbani's government, according to some reports, Hekmatyar was to be prime minister, Massoud defense minister, Ittehad-e-Islami leader Abdulrab Rasul Sayyaf interior minister and Mahaz-e-Melli leader Seyyed Ahmad Gailani foreign minister. The transitional government was to remain in power for four months after which a grand assembly of tribal elders would arrange and schedule national elections. Hekmatyar immediately expressed his opposition to the plan.
On 27 April 1992, Hekmatyar and his allies were forced out of the ministries and institutions that they occupied by the Northern Alliance forces,[428] an on 28 April, the Islamic State of Afghanistan was officially declared, ending communist rule over Afghanistan exactly 14 years after the Saur Revolution. On this day, members of the old government, including the former Prime Minister Fazal Haq Khaliqyar, the leaders of the old Senate and House of Representatives, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Abdul Karim Shahdan, handed power to Mojaddedi in a formal ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
See main article: article and Afghan Civil War (1992–1996).
On 5 May 1992, at least 36 Mujahideen leaders were named as members of the transitional administration;[429] among those were the Interim Council President Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, President-designate Burhanuddin Rabbani, Prime Minister nominee Abdul Sabur Farid Kohistani, three Deputy Prime Minister designates, 29 ministers, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Maulawi Abdullah, Attorney General Mohammad Qasim, the President of the Central Bank [430] and Minister advisor Maulawi Mohammad Mir.[431] Many government officials in less important positions are not known by name.
| Portfolio | Name | Year(s) | Affiliation | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vacant[433] | 28 April – 28 June 1992 | |||
| vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | |||
| Sayed Sulaiman Gailani[434] | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| Ahmad Shah Massoud[435] | 28 April – 28 June 1992 | |||
| Home Affairs Minister[436] | vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | ||
| Ahmad Shah[437] | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| National Security Minister[438] | vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | ||
| Mohammad Yahya Nawroz[439] | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | |||
| Jalaluddin Haqqani[440] | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | |||
| Hamidullah Rahimi[441] | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| Commerce Minister[442] | vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | ||
| 5 May – 28 June 1992 | ||||
| vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | |||
| Sulaiman[443] | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | |||
| unknown | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| Higher and Vocational Education Minister[444] | vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | ||
| Musa Tawana[445] | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | |||
| Mohammad Yaser[446] | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | |||
| Najibullah Mojaddedi[447] | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| Communications Minister[448] | vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | ||
| Mohammad Akram[449] | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | |||
| unknown | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | |||
| unknown | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| Water and Power Minister[450] | vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | ||
| Faruq Azam[451] | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | |||
| Wala Jan Waseq[452] (Deputy) | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| Revival and Rural Development Minister[453] | vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | ||
| Zabihullah Hadi[454] | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | |||
| Abdul Hafez Beg[455] | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| Border Affairs Minister[456] | vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | ||
| Abdul Ahad Karzai[457] | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| Returnees Affairs Minister[458] | vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | ||
| Rahmatullah Wahidyar[459] | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | |||
| unknown | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | |||
| unknown | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| Civil Aviation Minister[460] | vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | ||
| unknown | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| Islamic Affairs and Endowment Minister[461] | vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | ||
| Arsala[462] [463] | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | |||
| unknown | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | |||
| unknown | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | |||
| Abdul Manan[464] | 5 May – 28 June 1992 | |||
| vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | |||
| 5 May – 28 June 1992 | ||||
| Central Bank President[465] | vacant | 28 April – 5 May 1992 | ||
| unknown | 5 May – 28 June 1992 |
This government was only recognized by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, though Pakistan and the United Emirates later withdrew their recognition after the September 11 attacks. All other states continued to recognize the Islamic State of Afghanistan.
See main article: Afghan Interim Administration.
Following the late 2001 ouster of the Taliban regime approximately two dozen leading Afghans met in Germany at the Bonn Conference to choose a leadership and set in place a timeline for the adoption of a new constitution for a new Afghan government, and the timeline for choosing an executive and legislature by democratic election. In the chart below is the list of members of the Interim Afghan authority. The Afghan Interim Administration (AIA) was the first administration of Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban regime and was the highest authority of the country from 22 December 2001 until 13 July 2002.
| Interim Administration Position | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Independent Pashtun tribal leader in exile in Pakistan | |
| Vice-Chair and Defense Minister | Defense Minister of the United Islamic Front | |
| Founder of the Shuhada Organization and Shuhada Clinic in Quetta, Rome Group. | ||
| Warlord fighting against the Taliban for the People's Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan in the United Islamic Front | ||
| Vice-Chair and Water and Energy Minister | United Islamic Front | |
| Vice-Chair and Finance Minister | Foreign Minister of the Islamic State of Afghanistan in the 90s. Rome group. | |
| Foreign Minister of the United Islamic Front | ||
| Interior Minister of the United Islamic Front | ||
| United Islamic Front | ||
| Taliban leader, who defected after the American invasion, Rome Group | ||
| United Islamic Front | ||
| United Islamic Front | ||
| United Islamic Front | ||
| Has been in the governments of king Mohammed Zahir Shah and the communist regime of the 1970s and 1980s. Independent | ||
| Spokesmen and leader of United National Front | ||
| Chief military commander of the Harakat-e Islami in the United National Front | ||
| United Islamic Front | ||
| Poet and writer, Rome group | ||
| Rome Group | ||
| Independent | ||
| Leader in the United National Front for the Hezb-e Islami Khalis faction | ||
| Rome group | ||
| Previously warlord for the Hezbi Islami Gulbuddin, Peshawar group | ||
| Leader in the United National Front for the Islamic Union for the Liberation of Afghanistan | ||
| United Islamic Front | ||
| Member of United Islamic Front, but he threw his support to former king Zahir Shah and became a member of the Rome Group | ||
| Son of Ismail Khan, United Islamic Front | ||
| Member of the National Islamic Front and the Rome group. | ||
| United Islamic Front | ||
The Bonn conference of December 2001 had installed an interim government, the 2002 Loya Jirga subsequently elected a transitional administration. From July 2002 until the presidential elections in October 2004, the Transitional Administration governed Afghanistan.
| Transitional Authority Position | Name | Incumbent/New | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Incumbent (before chairman) | |||
| Incumbent | |||
| Vice-President | New | ||
| Vice-President | New (was Finance Minister) | ||
| Vice-President and Public Works Minister | New (was Urban Affairs Minister) (killed on 6 July 2002) New (Ali only took over the Public Works portfolio after 6 July 2002 | ||
| New | |||
| Incumbent (Special Advisor on Security is new post) | |||
| Incumbent | |||
| New | |||
| New New (Jalali replaced Wardak in January 2003) | |||
| Incumbent (but lost role as vice-chair) | |||
| New | |||
| New (was Small Industries Minister) | |||
| Incumbent | |||
| New | |||
| Incumbent | |||
| Incumbent | |||
| Incumbent | |||
| Incumbent | |||
| Abbas Karimi | Incumbent | ||
| Incumbent | |||
| Incumbent | |||
| New | |||
| New New (Sherzai took over on 16 August 2003) | |||
| Incumbent (but los role as Vice-chair) | |||
| New | |||
| Incumbent | |||
| Incumbent | |||
| New (was Labor and Social Affairs Minister) | |||
| New | |||
| New | |||
[473] From the 2001 United States invasion of Afghanistan through to the August 2021 Fall of Kabul, Afghanistan had interim and transitional administrations, followed by cabinets of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan starting in 2004. These are listed below from latest to earliest.
During the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the president selected the members of cabinet with the approval of the National Assembly. Candidates for a ministerial position had to be an Afghan citizen, be at least 35 years of age and have higher education.[474] Ministers, unlike the president and vice presidents, could have citizenship of another country, although in 2017 the Wolesi Jirga had rejected ministers who had dual citizenship.[475]
See main article: First Karzai cabinet.
In the line chart below is the list of members of the Afghan Cabinet from 2004 to 2009.[476] [477]
| Portfolio | Minister | Years | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | Hamid Karzai | 2004–2009 | ||
| First Vice President | Ahmad Zia Massoud | 2004–2009 | ||
| Second Vice President | Karim Khalili | 2004–2009 | ||
| Senior Minister | Hedayat Amin Arsala | 2006–2009 | Post did not exist prior to 2006 | |
| Foreign Minister | Abdullah Abdullah Rangin Dadfar Spanta | 2004–2006 2006–2009[478] | ||
| Defense Minister | Abdul Rahim Wardak | 2004–2009 | ||
| Interior Minister | Ali Ahmad Jalali Ahmad Moqbel Zarar Mohamad Hanif Atmar | 2004–2005[479] 2005–2008 2008–2009 | ||
| Finance Minister | Anwar ul-Haq Ahady Omar Zakhilwal | 2005–2009[480] 2009-2009 | ||
| Economic Minister | Mohammad Amin Farhang Mohammad Jalil Shams | 2004–2006 2006–2009 | [481] | |
| Justice Minister | Sarwar Danish | 2004–2009 | ||
| Youth Minister Information and Culture Minister Culture and Youth Affairs Minister . | Amina Afzali Sayed Makhdum Rahin Sayed Makhdum Rahin Abdul Karim Khoram | 2004–2006 2004–2006 2006-2006 2006–2009 | Position merged with Minister of Culture in 2006 Position merged with Minister of Youth in 2006 Combination of the posts of minister of Youth Affairs and minister of Information and Culture | |
| Education minister | Noor Mohammad Qarqeen Mohamad Hanif Atmar Ghulam Farooq Wardak | 2004–2006 2006–2008 2008–2009 | ||
| Higher Education Minister | Ameer Shah Hasanyaar Mohammad Azam Dadfar | 2004–2006 2006–2009 | ||
| Commerce Minister Commerce and Industries Minister . . | Hedayat Amin Arsala Mohammad Amin Farhang Mohammad Haidar Reza Wahidullah Shahrani | 2004–2006 2006–? ?-2008 2008–2009 | Industries in 2006 transferred from portofolio of Mines to portofolio of Commerce | |
| Water and Energy Minister | Ismail Khan | 2004–2009 | ||
| Transportation and Aviation Minister | Enayatullah Qasemi Nimatullah Ehsan Jawed Hamidullah Qaderi Omar Zakhilwal Hamidullah Farooqi | 2004–2006 2006–2008 2008?–2008 2008–2009 2009-2009 | ||
| Women's Affairs Minister | Massouda Jalal Husn Bano Ghazanfar | 2004–2006 2006–2009 | ||
| Haj and Islamic Affairs Minister | Nematullah Shahrani | 2004–2009 | ||
| Public Welfare Minister | Sohrab Ali Saffari | 2004–2009 | ||
| Public Health Minister | Mohammad Amin Fatemi | 2004–2009 | ||
| Agriculture Minister | Obaidullah Ramin Mohammad Asif Rahimi | 2004–2008 2008–2009 | ||
| Mines and Industries Minister Mines Minister | Mir Mohammad Sediq Ibrahim Adel | 2004–2006 2006–2009 | ||
| Communications Minister | Amirzai Sangin | 2004–2009 | ||
| Rural Rehabilitation and Development Minister | Mohamad Hanif Atmar Ehsan Zia | 2004–2006 2006–2009 | ||
| Work and Social Affairs Minister Martyrs and Disabled Minister Work, Social Affairs, Martyred and Disabled Minister | Sayed Ikramuddin Masoomi Sediqa Balkhi Noor Mohammad Qarqeen | 2004–2006 2004–2006 2006–2009 | The Ministry of Disabled and Martyrs was merged with the Ministry of Social Affairs in 2006 | |
| Border Affairs and Tribal Affairs Minister | Azam Dadfar Abdul Karim Brahui | 2004–2008 2008–2009 | ||
| Urban Development Minister | Yousef Pashtun | 2004–2009 | ||
| Counter Narcotics Minister | Habibullah Qaderi General Khodaydad | 2004–2008 2008–2009 | ||
| Refugees and Repatriation Minister | Azam Dadfar Sher Mohammad Etebari Abdul Karim Barahawi | 2004–? ?-2009 2009-2009 | ||
| Attorney General | Mohammad Ishaq Aloko | |||
| Afghan National Security Adviser | Zalmai Rassoul |
See main article: Second Karzai cabinet.
After winning a second term, President Hamid Karzai nominated 23 ministers in December 2009 to be part of his new administration but only 7 were approved by the National Assembly. All the other candidates that Karzai initially selected were rejected by members of the National Assembly.[482] Karzai presented a second list of 18 candidates to the Wolesi Jirga on 9 January 2010. A week later, the Wolesi Jirga again approved only seven of the candidates.[483] Since then, part of the ministries have been governed by acting ministers who do not held approval of the Afghan legislature.
In June 2010, after the resignation of Interior Minister Hanif Atmar, President Karzai submitted 7 names for a third round of confirmation in the National Assembly. Five of them were approved by the National Assembly, leaving only six of the 25 ministries left with an 'acting minister.'[484] In the line chart below is the list of members of the current Afghan Cabinet (2009–2014).[485]
| Portfolio | Name | Years | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | Hamid Karzai | 2009–2014 | Chosen by electorate | |
| First Vice President | 2009–2014 | Chosen by electorate, died March 2014 | ||
| Yunus Qanuni | 2014-2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | ||
| Second Vice President | Karim Khalili | 2009–2014 | Chosen by electorate | |
| Foreign Affairs Minister | Zalmai Rassoul | 2010–2013 | Resigned in 2013 to run for president | |
| Zarar Ahmad Moqbel | 2013–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | ||
| Defense Minister | Abdul Rahim Wardak | 2010–2012 | Voted out of office by the National Assembly in 2012 | |
| Bismillah Khan Mohammadi | 2012–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | ||
| Interior Minister | Mohammad Hanif Atmar | 2010-2010 | Resigned June 2010 | |
| Bismillah Khan Mohammadi | 2010–2012 | Approved by the National Assembly, voted out of office by the National Assembly in 2012 | ||
| Ghulam Mujtaba Patang | 2012–2013 | Was voted out of office by the National Assembly in 2013 | ||
| Mohammad Omar Daudzai | 2013–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | ||
| Finance Minister | Omar Zakhilwal | 2010–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| Economic Minister | Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal | 2010–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| Justice Minister | Habibullah Ghaleb | 2010–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly, died in March 2014 | |
| Information and Cultural Affairs Minister | Sayed Makhdum Raheen | 2010–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| Education Minister | Ghulam Farooq Wardak | 2010–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| Higher Education Minister | Sarwar Danish | 2010–2012 | Rejected by the National Assembly, served as acting minister | |
| Obaidaullah Obaid | 2012–2014 | Rejected by the National Assembly in 2010, but in 2012 nominated again and approved | ||
| Trade and Commerce Minister | Ghulam Mohammad Eelaqi | 2010-2010 | Rejected by the National Assembly, served as acting minister | |
| Anwar ul-Haq Ahady | 2010–2013 | Approved by the National Assembly, resigned in 2013 to run for president | ||
| Mohammad Shakir Kargar | 2013–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | ||
| Water and Energy Minister | 2010–2013 | Rejected by the National Assembly in 2010, served as acting minister, approved in 2012. Resigned in 2013 to become running mate of Abdurrab Rasul Sayaf. | ||
| Mohammad Arif Noorzai | 2013–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | ||
| Transportation and Aviation Minister | Mohammadulla Batash | 2010-2010 | Rejected by the National Assembly, served half a year as acting minister | |
| Daoud Ali Najafi | 2010–2014 | Rejected in 2010, served as acting minister, approved by the National Assemblyin 2012[486] | ||
| Public Works Minister | Sohrab Ali Safari | 2010-2010 | Never proposed to the National Assembly, acting minister until 2010 | |
| Abdul Qadus Hamidi | 2010–2012 | Approved by the National Assembly in 2010 | ||
| Najibullah Aoudjan | 2012–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | ||
| Women's Affairs Minister | Husn Bano Ghazanfar | 2010–2014 | Rejected by the National Assembly in 2010, served as acting minister and approved in 2012 | |
| Haj and Islamic Affairs Minister | 2010–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | ||
| Public Health Minister | Suraya Dalil | 2010–2014 | Rejected by the National Assembly in 2010, served as Acting Minister, Approved in 2012 | |
| Agriculture Minister | Mohammad Asif Rahimi | 2010–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| Mines Minister | 2010–2013 | Approved by the National Assembly, Resigned in 2013 to become running mate to Qayum Karzai. | ||
| Mohammad Akbar Barakzai | 2013–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | ||
| Ministry of Communications and Information Technology | Amirzai Sangin | 2010–2014 | Rejected by the National Assembly in 2010, served as Acting Minister, Approved in 2012 | |
| Rural Rehabilitation and Development Minister | 2010–2012 | Approved by the National Assembly | ||
| Wais Ahmad Barmak | 2012–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | ||
| Work, Social Affairs, Martyred and Disabled Minister | Amina Afzali | 2010–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| Border Affairs and Tribal Affairs Minister | Arsala Jamal | 2010-2010 | Rejected by the National Assembly, served as acting minister | |
| Assadullah Khalid | 2010–2012 | Approved by the National Assembly | ||
| Azizullah Din Mohammad | 2012–2013 | Rejected by the National Assembly, served as acting minister | ||
| Akram Khpalwak | 2013–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | ||
| Urban Development Minister | 2010–2012 | Rejected by the National Assembly, served as acting minister | ||
| Hasan Abdullahai | 2012–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | ||
| Counter Narcotics Minister | 2010–2013 | Approved by the National Assembly, resigned in 2013 to become Foreign Affairs Minister | ||
| Mobarez Rashidi | 2014-2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | ||
| Refugees and Repatriation Minister | 2010-2010 | Rejected by the National Assembly, served as acting minister | ||
| Jamahir Anwari | 2010–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | ||
| Chief of the National Directorate of Security | Amrullah Saleh Ibrahim Spinzada Asadullah Khalid Rahmatullah Nabil | Resigned in 2010 Acting head since 2010 | ||
| National Security Advisor | Rangeen Dadfar Spanta |
See main article: Ghani cabinet.
| Portfolio | Name | Years | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | Ashraf Ghani | 2014–2021 | Chosen by electorate. In exile since August 2021 | |
| First Vice President | 2014–2020 2020-2021 | Chosen by electorate. In exile | ||
| Second Vice President | Mohammad Sarwar Danish | 2014–2021 | Chosen by electorate. In exile | |
| Chief Executive Officer | Abdullah Abdullah | 2014–2020 | Position abolished in 2020. | |
| First Deputy Chief Executive Officer | Mohammad Khan | 2014–2020 | ||
| Second Deputy Chief Executive Officer | Mohammad Mohaqiq | 2014–2020 | ||
| Foreign Affairs Minister | Salahuddin Rabbani | 2015–2019 | Acting (First Approved by the National Assembly, but later Rejected by them) | |
| National Defense Minister | Tariq Shah Bahrami | 2017–2019 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| Interior Affairs Minister | Wais Barmak | 2017–2018 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| Finance Minister | Eklil Ahmad Hakimi | 2015–2019 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| Economy Minister | Mustafa Mastoor | 2017–2020 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| Agriculture Minister | Nasir Ahmad Durrani | 2017–2019 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| Energy and Water Minister | Ali Ahmad Osmani | 2015–2018 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| Minister of Justice | Abdul Basir Anwar | 2015–2018 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| Information and Culture Minister | Abdul Bari Jahani | 2015–2017 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| Minister of Education | Assadullah Hassan Balkhi | 2015–2017 | ||
| Higher Education Minister | Najibullah Khwaja Omari | 2017–2018 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| Minister of Industry and Commerce | Humayoon Rasaw | 2015–2017 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| Transport Minister | Mohammad Yamma Shams | 2020–2020 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| Women's Affairs Minister | Delbar Nazari | 2015–2017 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| Haj and Religious Affairs Minister | 2015–2019 | Approved by the National Assembly | ||
| Public Health Minister | Ferozuddin Feroz | 2015–2020 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| Mines Minister | 2017–2020 | Acting | ||
| Ministry of Communications and Information Technology | Shahzad Gul Ayoubi | 2017–2018 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development | Pohanmal Mojib ul-Rahman Karimi | 2017–2018 | ||
| Minister of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled | Faizullah Zaki | 2017–2018 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| Frontiers, Nations, and Tribal Affairs Minister | Gulagha Sherzai | 2017–2020 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| Urban Development and Housing Minister | Mansour Nadery | 2015–2019 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| Counter Narcotics Minister | 2015–2019 | Approved by the National Assembly | ||
| Refugees and Repatriation Minister | Sayed Hussain Alemi Balkhi | 2015–2020 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| Attorney General | Farid Hamidi | 2016–2021 | In exile | |
| Director of the National Directorate of Security | Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai | 2016–2019 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
| National Security Advisor | Mohammad Hanif Atmar | 2015–2019 | Appointed by Ashraf Ghani |
Following the fall of Kabul to Taliban Forces on 15 August 2021, tentative nominations to the cabinet were announced in late August 2021.
The Taliban said in early September 2021 that women would not be allowed to "work in high-ranking posts" in the government and "ruled out" women in the cabinet. On 24 August 2021, Fawzia Koofi, a former member of the Afghan National Assembly, had said that a men-only government would "not be complete". Early September street protests by women in Herat and Kabul called for women to be included in the new government.
A men-only "caretaker cabinet"[487] was appointed by Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada on 7 September 2021. BBC News stated that the Ministry of Women's Affairs appeared to have been abolished. Another two veterans were named two weeks later as deputies.[488] Afghanistan's main political parties objected to the choice of acting Cabinet members as non-inclusive, with Jamiat-e Islami describing it as "more monopolist and extremist in politics and power than the previous imposed leaders", and Atta Muhammad Nur seeing it as a "sign of hegemony, monopoly and a return to the past".
As of 29 January 2022, no other country had formally recognized the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan as the de facto government of Afghanistan.[489]
| Portfolio | Name | Years | Status | Refs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | Hasan Akhund | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Abdul Kabir | May–July 2023 | acting pro tempore | [492] [493] [494] | ||
| First Deputy Prime Minister | Abdul Ghani Baradar | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Second Deputy Prime Minister | Abdul Salam Hanafi | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Third Deputy Prime Minister | Abdul Kabir | 2021–10 January 2025 | acting | [495] | |
| Minister of Defense | Abdul Qayyum Zakir | 24 August 2021 – 7 September 2021 | acting | [496] | |
| Mullah Yaqoob | 2021–present | acting | |||
| Deputy Minister of Technology and Logistics at Ministry of Defense | Maulvi Attaullah Omari | 2022–present | acting | ||
| Deputy Minister of Planning and Policy at Ministry of Defense | Maulvi Mohammad Qasim Farid | 2022–present | acting | ||
| Deputy Minister of Construction of the Ministry of Defense | Maulvi Abdul Ali Jihadiyar | 2022–present | acting | ||
| Minister of Interior Affairs | Ibrahim Sadr | 24 August 2021 – 7 September 2021 | acting | [497] | |
| Sirajuddin Haqqani | 2021–present | acting | |||
| Deputy Interior Minister | Noor Jalal | 7 September 2021–present | acting | [498] | |
| Ibrahim Sadr | 2021–present | acting | [499] | ||
| Mohammad Mohsin Hashimi | 2021–present | acting | [500] | ||
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Amir Khan Muttaqi | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Deputy Minister for Counter Narcotics | Abdul Haq Akhund | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Minister of Finance | Gul Agha Ishakzai | 2021–30 May 2023 | acting | ||
| Nasir Akhund | 30 May 2023–present | acting | |||
| Deputy Minister of Finance | Nasir Akhund | 2021–30 May 2023 | acting | [501] | |
| Minister of Education | Hemat Akhundzada | 23 August 2021 – 7 September 2021 | acting | [502] | |
| Noorullah Munir | 2021–present | acting | |||
| Minister of Information and Culture | Khairullah Khairkhwa | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Deputy Minister of Information and Culture | Zabihullah Mujahid | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Deputy Minister of youth affairs at Information and Culture Ministry | Faizullah Akhund | 2021–14 March 2022 | acting | [503] | |
| Abdul Rahim Saqib | 14 March 2022–present | acting | [504] | ||
| Deputy Minister of finance and administration at Information and Culture Ministry | Atiqullah Azizi | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Minister of Economy | Din Mohammad Hanif | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Deputy Minister of Economy | Abdul Latif Nazari | 2021–present | acting | [505] | |
| Minister of Hajj and Religious Affairs | Noor Mohammad Saqib | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Minister of Justice | Abdul Hakim Haqqani | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Deputy Minister of Justice | Maulvi Abdul Karim | 14 March 2022–present | acting | ||
| Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs | Noorullah Noori | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development | Mohammad Younus Akhundzada | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Deputy Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development | Maulvi Abdul Rahman Halim | 2021–present | acting | [506] | |
| Mufti Saeed Ahmad Mustaqim | 2021–present | acting | [507] | ||
| Qari Salahuddin Ayubi | 2022–present | acting | [508] | ||
| Minister of Public Works | Abdul Manan Omari | 2021–2023 | acting | ||
| Mohammad Esa Thani | 2023–present | acting | [509] | ||
| Deputy Minister of Public Works | Bakht-ur-Rehman Sharafat | 2021–14 March 2022 | acting | [510] | |
| Minister of Mines and Petroleum | Mohammed Isa Akhund | 7 September 2021–22 November 2021 | acting | ||
| Shahabuddin Delawar | 23 November 2021–7 July 2024 | acting | [511] | ||
| Gul Agha Ishakzai | 7 July 2024–present | acting | [512] | ||
| Deputy Minister of Mines and Petroleum | Mohammed Isa Akhund | 23 November 2021 | acting | ||
| Minister of Water and Energy | Abdul Latif Mansoor | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Deputy Minister of Water and Energy | Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Omar | 2021–present | acting | [513] | |
| Arifullah Arif | 2021–present | acting | |||
| Minister of Civil Aviation and Transport | Hamidullah Akhundzada | 2021–present | acting | [514] | |
| Minister of Higher Education | Abdul Baqi Haqqani | 2021–2022 | acting | ||
| Neda Mohammad | 2022–present | acting | |||
| Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Technical affairs | Lutfullah Khairkhwa | 2021–present | acting | [515] | |
| Deputy Minister of Finance and Administration at Ministry of Higher Education | Maulvi Haseebullah Hamid | 2022–present | acting | ||
| Minister of Telecommunications | Najibullah Haqqani | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Deputy Minister of Telecommunications | Saifuddin Tayeb | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Minister of Refugees | Khalil Haqqani | 2021–11 December 2024 | acting | ||
| vacant | 11 December 2024 – 10 January 2025 | ||||
| Abdul Kabir | 10 January 2025–present | acting | [516] | ||
| Director of Intelligence | Abdul Haq Wasiq | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Deputy Director of Intelligence | Tajmir Javad | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Rahmatullah Najeeb | 2021–present | acting | |||
| Governor of the Central Bank | Haji Mohammad Idris | August 2021–October 2021 | acting | ||
| Shakir Jalali | October 2021–March 2023 | acting | [517] | ||
| Gul Agha Ishakzai | March 2023–July 2024 | acting | |||
| Noor Ahmad Agha | July 2024–present | acting | |||
| Director of the Administrative Office of the Prime Minister | Ahmad Jan Ahmady | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Minister for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice | Sheikh Mohammad Khalid | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Deputy Minister of Defense | Abdul Qayyum Zakir | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces | Qari Fasihuddin | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Deputy Foreign Minister | Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Minister of Public Health | Qalandar Ibad | 2021–28 May 2024 | acting | [518] | |
| Maulawi Noor Jalal | May 2024–present | acting | |||
| Deputy Minister of Public Health | Abdul Bari Omar | 2021–2022 | acting | ||
| Mohammad Hassan Ghiasi | 2021–present | acting | |||
| Maulvi Mohammad Ishaq Asim | 2022–present | acting | [519] | ||
| Minister of Commerce and Industry | Nooruddin Azizi | 2021–present | acting | [520] | |
| Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry | Muhammad Basheer | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Mohammad Azim Sultan Zada | 2021–present | acting | |||
| Deputy Minister of Disaster Management | Ghulam Ghaus | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Deputy Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs | Gul Zarin | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Haji Gul Mohammad | 2021–present | acting | |||
| Maulvi Ahmad Taha | 2021–4 March 2022 | acting | |||
| Maulvi Abdul Rahman Haqqani | 2022–present | acting | |||
| Deputy Minister of Refugees | Arsala Kharoti | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Director of the Central National Statistics | Mohammad Faqeer | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Head of the Afghanistan Nuclear Energy Agency | Engr. Najibullah | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock | Abdul Rahman Rashid | 2021–present | acting | [521] | |
| Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock | Sadar Azam | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Attaullah Omari | 2021–4 March 2022 | acting | |||
| Shamsuddin Pahlawan | 2021–present | acting | |||
| Minister of Martyrs and Disabled Affairs | Abdul Majeed Akhund | 2021–present | acting | [522] | |
| Deputy Minister of Martyrs and Disabled Affairs | Mullah Abdul Razzaq Akhund | 2021–4 March 2022 | acting | ||
| Sheikh Maulvi Abdul Hakim | 2021–present | acting | |||
| Deputy Minister of Education | Maulvi Sakhaullah | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Saeed Ahmad Shahid Khel | 2021–present | acting | |||
| Minister of Disaster Management | Mohammad Abbas Akhund | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Deputy Minister of Disaster Management | Sharafuddin Taqi | 2021–present | acting | ||
| Maulvi Enayatullah | 2021–present | acting | |||
| Head of the Afghan passport Department | Alam Gul Haqqani | 2021–present | acting | [523] | |
| Minister of Labor and Social Affairs | Abdul Wali | 2022–present | acting | ||
| Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs | Maulvi Makhdoom Abdul Salam Saadat | 2022–present | acting | ||
| Deputy Minister of Tourism | Mullah Saaduddin Akhund | 2022–present | acting | ||
| Deputy Minister of Finance and Administration at Ministry of Urban Development | Hafiz Mohammad Amin | 2022–present | acting |