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Afghanistan
Politics is the process by which decisions are made within groups. ...



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Politics and government of
Afghanistan
Image File history File links To complete the very good series by Marc Mongenet Afghanistan flag 300px height unified for the national flags series, by Marc Mongenet, from CIA World Factbook, borders removed, high compression ratio, some color or ratio corrections from http://www. ... In recent years the politics of Afghanistan has been dominated by the 2001 U.S.-led invasion and the subsequent efforts to stablise and democratise the country. ...

Constitution

President: Hamid Karzai
Vice President
Cabinet of Ministers
House of the People
House of Elders
Chief Justice
Supreme Court
Elections
Political Parties
Governors
Foreign relations The President of Afghanistan is Afghanistans head of state, head of government, and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. ... Hamid Karzai (Pushtu: حامد کرزي, Dari: حامد کرزی) (born December 24, 1957) is the current and first democratically elected President of Afghanistan (since December 7, 2004). ... The House of the People, also known natively as the The Wolesi Jirga is the lower house of the bicameral national assembly of Afghanistan. ... The House of Elders, also natively known as the Meshrano Jirga is the upper house of the bicameral national assembly of Afghanistan. ... Chief Justice of Afghanistan is the head of the Afghan Supreme Court. ... The Afghan Supreme Court (Stera Mahkama) is the court of last resort in Afghanistan. ... This article gives information on election and election results in Afghanistan. ... This article lists political parties in Afghanistan. ... This is a table of the current governors of Afghanistan. ... The foreign relations of Afghanistan, like those of each country, have changed along with political, sociological, and economic state of the various parts of Afghanistan. ...

The Cabinet of Ministers of Afghanistan is made of the heads of all the government ministries. The president selects the members of cabinet with the approval of the National Assembly of the country.


These are the current members of the Cabinet.

  • Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak
  • Foreign Minister Dr. Abdullah Abdullah
  • Interior Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali
  • Planning Minister Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq
  • Finance Minister Dr. Ashraf Ghani
  • Education Minister Yunus Qanuni
  • Borders & Tribal Affairs Minister Arif Noorzai
  • Reconstruction Minister Dr. M. Amin Farhang
  • Mines and Industries Minister TBA
  • Light Industries Minister Mohammad Alem Razm
  • Women's Affairs Minister Ms. Massouda Jalal
  • Public Health Minister Dr. Sohaila Siddiqi
  • Commerce Minister Sayed Mustafa Kazemi
  • Agriculture Minister Sayed Hussain Anwari
  • Justice Minister A. Rahim Karimi
  • Communications Minister Masoom Stanakzai
  • Refugees Affairs Minister Enayatullah Nazari
  • Haj and Religious Affairs Minister M. Amin Naziryar
  • Urban Affairs Minister Eng. Yusuf Pashtun
  • Social Affairs Minister Noor Mohammad Karkin
  • Water and Power Minister Ismail Khan
  • Irrigation and Environment Minister Dr. Ahmed Yusuf Nuristani
  • Martyrs and Disabled Minister Abdullah Wardak
  • Higher Education Minister Dr. Sharif Fayez
  • Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Mirwais Saddiq
  • Transportation Minister S. Mohammad Ali Javed
  • Rural Development Minister Hanif Atmar

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