Second Karzai cabinet
Voting

Second Karzai cabinet

Section Title: Voting
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Ministry	Name candidate	Previous Function	Appointed/Rejected	Aye	Nay	Abstain	Invalid

Foreign Minister	Zalmai Rasoul	National security advisor	approved	132	82	0	0

Economic Minister	Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal	leader of the Hezb-i Islami faction in Kabul	approved	120	94	6	2

Justice Minister	Habibullah Ghaleb	Chairman of the Legal Consultative Board to the President of Afghanistan	approved	115	99	8	1

Higher Education Minister	Mohammad Hashim Esmatullahi	lecturer at the Journalism Department of Kabul University and head of the Union of Afghan Journalists	rejected	100	108	12	2

Trade and Commerce Minister	Zahir Waheed	worked for the ministries of Public Works, Mines, Commerce, Higher Education, the National Bank, AISA (Afghanistan Investment Support Agency) and Oxfam	rejected	69	127	12	3

Water and Energy Minister	No name put forward

Transportation and Aviation Minister	Abdul Rahim Horas	acting head of Third Political Division at the Foreign Ministry	rejected	87	123	12	1

Women's Affairs Minister	Pelwasha Hassan	project coordinator and consultant of the Center for Human Rights and Democratic Development	rejected	56	150	15	4

Haj and Islamic Affairs Minister	Mohammad Yasouf Neyazi	adviser to the Ministry of Education	approved	132	80	10	1

Public Welfare Minister	Mohammad Bashir Lali	Engineer in the United States	rejected	78	129	15	1

Public Health Minister	Suraya Dalil	Chief of the Health and Nutrition Program of UNICEF/Somalia	rejected	86	116	17	3

Telecommunications Minister	Abdul Qadus Hamidi	deputy minister of Sectoral Affairs	rejected	105	104	14	0

Rural Rehabilitation and Development Minister	Jarullah Mansouri	deputy head of the Environmental Agency	approved	113	102	6	1

Labour, Social Affairs, Martyres and Disabled Minister	Amina Afzali	President of the Government High Commission for Children and Youth and Boardmember of the Red Crescent Society	approved	117	94	10	1

Border Affairs and Tribal Affairs Minister	Arsala Jamal	active member of President Karzai's election campaign team	rejected	94	116	10	3

Reconstruction Minister	Sultan Hussain Nasery	active as a lecturer and an architect	rejected	80	128	12	3

Counter Narcotics Minister	Zarar Ahmad Moqbel	former Minister of Interior and head of Karzai's re-election campaign in Parwan	approved	161	56	4	1

Refugees and Returnees Minister	Abdul Rahim	adviser to the Ministry of Telecommunication	rejected	82	128	15	0

Sentence(s)

Zarar Ahmad Moqbel received 161 votes.

final_sentence: Zarar Ahmad Moqbel received 161 votes.