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Encyclopedia > National Assembly of Afghanistan
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Afghanistan
Politics is a process by which collective decisions are made within groups. ...



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Politics and government of
Afghanistan
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. ...

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 Cabinet of Ministers of Afghanistan is made of the heads of all the government ministries. ... 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. ... 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. ... 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. ... 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 National Assembly is Afghanistan's national legislature. It is a bicameral body, comprising two chambers: A legislature is a governmental deliberative assembly with the power to adopt laws. ... In government, bicameralism is the practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. ...

  • The Wolesi Jirga ("House of the People"): the 250-member lower house.
  • The Meshrano Jirga ("House of Elders"): an upper house with an indeterminate number of seats.


 

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