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This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Afghanistan Politics, sometimes defined as the art and science of government[1], is a process by which collective decisions are made within groups. ... Image File history File links Afghanistan_COA.png Sumario This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. ... 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. ...

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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 Cabinet of Ministers of Afghanistan is made of the heads of all the government ministries. ... The National Assembly is Afghanistans national legislature. ... The House of Elders, also natively known as the Meshrano Jirga is the upper house of the bicameral national assembly of Afghanistan. ... The House of the People, also known natively as the The Wolesi Jirga is the lower house of the bicameral national assembly of Afghanistan. ... This article gives information on election and election results in Afghanistan. ... This article lists political parties in Afghanistan. ... Afghanistan consists of 34 provinces, or velayat: Badakhshan Badghis Baghlan Balkh Bamiyan Daikondi - established March 28, 2004 Farah Faryab Ghazni Ghowr Helmand Herat Jowzjan Kabul Kandahar Kapisa Khost Konar Kondoz Laghman Lowgar Nangarhar Nimruz Nurestan Oruzgan Paktia Paktika Panjshir - established April 13, 2004 Parvan Samangan Sar-e Pol Takhar Vardak... This is a table of the current governors 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. ... Human Rights in Afghanistan The Bonn Agreement of 2001 established the Independent Afghan Human Rights Commission to investigate human rights abuses and war crimes. ... This article or section needs to be wikified. ... // History of Afghanistan Afghanistans history, internal political development, foreign relations, and very existence as an independent state have largely been determined by its geographic location at the crossroads of Central, West, and South Asia. ...

The President of Afghanistan is Afghanistan's head of state, head of government, and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Queen Elizabeth II, is the Head of State of 16 countries including: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Jamaica, New Zealand and the Bahamas, as well as crown colonies and overseas territories of the United Kingdom. ... The head of government is the leader of the government or cabinet. ... Commander-in-Chief (in NATO-lingo often C-in-C or CINC pronounced sink) is the commander of all the military forces within a particular region or of all the military forces of a state. ...

The current President of Afghanistan is Hamid Karzai, as of December 2004. He is the first democratically elected holder of that post. 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). ... Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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. In a broad definition a republic is a state or country that is led by people who do not base their political power on any principle beyond the control of the people of that state or country. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Look up monarch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Entrance to the emirs palace in Bukhara. ... Mujahedeen (Arabic: , also transliterated as mujāhidīn, mujahedeen, mujahedin, mujahidin, mujaheddin, etc. ... Flag flown by the Taliban. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ...

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. The Constitution of afghanistan became the official law of Afghanistan when the 2003 Loya jirga approved it by the consensus on January 4, 2004. ... Insert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text here:This article is about the legislative institution. ... Loya Jirga (June 13, 2002) Loya jirga, occasionally loya jirgah, is a large meeting held in Afghanistan, originally attended by Pashtun groups but later including other ethnic groups. ... Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Presidents of Afghanistan

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		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. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vladimir Lenin in 1920 Leninism is a political and economic theory which builds upon Marxism; it is a branch of Marxism (and it has been the dominant branch of Marxism in the world since the 1920s). ... The Presidium or Praesidium (from Latin praesidium meaning protection or defense so plural presidia or praesidia) is the name for the executive committee of various legislative and organizational bodies. ...

Order		Name	Innagurated	Left Office	Flag	Political Party
1st President		Nur Mohammad Taraki	April 30, 1978	September 14, 1979		PDPA - Khalq
2nd President		Hafizullah Amin	September 14, 1979	December 27, 1979		PDPA - Khalq
3th President		Babrak Karmal	December 27, 1979	November 24, 1986		PDPA - Parcham
Interim		Haji Mohammad Chamkani	November 24, 1986	September 30, 1987		Independent
4th President		Mohammad Najibullah	September 30, 1987	November 30, 1987		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. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Order		Name	Innagurated	Left Office	Flag	Political Party
2nd President		Mohammad Najibullah	November 30, 1987	April 16, 1992		PDPA - Parcham
Interim		Abdul Rahim Hatef	April 16, 1992	April 28, 1992		PDPA - Parcham

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Islamic State of Afghanistan ( April 1992 - September 1996 )

Order		Name	Innagurated	Left Office	Flag	Political Party
Interim President		Sibghatullah Mojaddedi	April 28, 1992	June 28, 1992		Afghan National Liberation Front
1st President		Burhanuddin Rabbani	June 28, 1992	September 27, 1996		Jamiat-e Islami

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

• Hamid Karzai became interim administrator of the provisional government from December 7 to December 22, 2004.

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Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004- )

Order		Name	Innagurated	Left Office	Flag	Political Party
1st President		Hamid Karzai	December 7, 2004	Incumbent		None