Heads of Government
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
# | Name | Born-Died | Took office | Left office | Political Party | ||
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Kingdom of Afghanistan | |||||||
1 | Sardar Shir Ahmad | c. 1885–? | 25 October 1927 | January 1929 | Independent | ||
Emirate of Afghanistan | |||||||
2 | Shir Giyan | ?–1929 | January 1929 | 1 November 1929 | Independent | ||
Kingdom of Afghanistan | |||||||
3 | Mohammad Hashim Khan | c. 1885–1953 | 1 November 1929 | May 1946 | Independent | ||
4 | Shah Mahmud Khan | 1890–1959 | May 1946 | 7 September 1953 | Independent | ||
5 | Mohammed Daoud Khan | 1909–1978 | 7 September 1953 | 10 March 1963 | Independent | ||
6 | Mohammad Yusuf | 1917–1998 | 10 March 1963 | 2 November 1965 | Independent | ||
7 | Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal | 1919–1973 | 2 November 1965 | 11 October 1967 | Independent |
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Progressive Democratic Party | |||||||
8 | Abdullah Yaqta1 | 1914–2003 | 11 October 1967 | 1 November 1967 | Independent | ||
9 | Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi | 1921–1979 | 1 November 1967 | 9 June 1971 | Independent | ||
10 | Abdul Zahir | 1910–1983 | 9 June 1971 | 12 November 1972 | Independent | ||
11 | Mohammad Musa Shafiq | 1932–1979 | 12 November 1972 | 17 July 1973 | Independent | ||
Republic of Afghanistan | |||||||
Post Abolished (17 July 1973-27 April 1978) | |||||||
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan | |||||||
12 | Nur Muhammad Taraki | 1917–1979 | 1 May 1978 | 27 March 1979 | People's Democratic Party |
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13 | Hafizullah Amin | 1929–1979 | 27 March 1979 | 27 December 1979 | People's Democratic Party |
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14 | Babrak Karmal | 1929–1996 | 27 December 1979 | 11 June 1981 | People's Democratic Party |
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15 | Sultan Ali Keshtmand | 1935– | 11 June 1981 | 30 November 1987 | People's Democratic Party |
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Republic of Afghanistan | |||||||
Sultan Ali Keshtmand | 1935– | 30 November 1987 | 26 May 1988 | People's Democratic Party |
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16 | Mohammad Hasan Sharq | 1925– | 26 May 1988 | 21 February 1989 | Independent | ||
17 | Sultan Ali Keshtmand | 1935– | 21 February 1989 | 8 May 1990 | People's Democratic Party |
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18 | Fazal Haq Khaliqyar | 1934–2004 | 8 May 1990 | 15 April 1992 | People's Democratic Party |
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Democratic Watan Party | |||||||
Islamic State of Afghanistan | |||||||
19 | Abdul Sabur Farid Kohistani | 1952–2007 | 6 July 1992 | 15 August 1992 | Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin | ||
20 | Gulbuddin Hekmatyar | 1947– | 17 June 1993 | 28 June 1994 | Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin | ||
21 | Arsala Rahmani Daulat2 | 1937–2012 | 28 June 1994 | 1995 | Islamic Dawah Organisation | ||
22 | Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai3 | 1944– | 1995 | 26 June 1996 | Islamic Dawah Organisation | ||
23 | Gulbuddin Hekmatyar | 1947– | 26 June 1996 | 27 September 1996 | Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin | ||
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | |||||||
24 | Mullah Mohammad Rabbani | 1956–2001 | 27 September 1996 | 21 April 2001 | Taliban | ||
25 | Mawlawi Abdul Kabir4 | 1958/1963– | 21 April 2001 | 13 November 2001 | Taliban | ||
Northern Alliance of Afghanistan | |||||||
I | Gulbuddin Hekmatyar | 1947– | 27 September 1996 | 11 August 1997 | Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin |
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II | Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai | ?–1997 | 11 August 1997 | 21 August 1997 | Northern Alliance | ||
III | Abdul Ghafoor Ravan Farhâdi | 1929– | 21 August 1997 | 13 November 2001 | Northern Alliance | ||
Islamic Transitional State of Afghanistan | |||||||
26 | Abdul Ghafoor Ravan Farhâdi | 1929– | 13 November 2001 | 22 December 2001 | Northern Alliance | ||
Post Abolished (22 December 2001-7 December 2004) | |||||||
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan | |||||||
Post Abolished (since 7 December 2004) |
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