President of Afghanistan

The **President of Afghanistan** was the head of state of Afghanistan.  Afghanistan has only been a republic between 1973 and 1992 and from 2001 onwards. Before 1973, it was a monarchy that was governed by a variety of kings, emirs or shahs. There was a civil war from 1992 to 2001.

After the 2021 Taliban offensive and the near seizure of the capital, incumbent President Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan to Tajikistan on 15 August 2021. After Ghani fled the country, the Taliban occupied the Presidential Palace. The office was abolished on 6th September 2021.

## Powers

The constitution of Afghanistan gave the president wide powers over military and legislative affairs.  There was a weak national parliament.

## List

|rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="20%"|Name|rowspan="2" width="100px"|Portrait|rowspan="2" width="20%"|Lifespan|colspan="3" width="20%"|Term of office|rowspan="2" width="20%"|Political party||||
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|colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey"|**Republic of Afghanistan (1973–1978)**||||||||||||
|rowspan="3"|**Mohammed Daoud Khan**|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"|1909–1978|rowspan="2"|17 July 1973|rowspan="2"|28 April 1978|rowspan="2"||Independent|
|National Revolutionary Party|||||||||||||
|colspan="4" align=left|||||||||||||
|colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey"|**Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1992)**||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|Colonel **Abdul Qadir**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1944–2014|28 April 1978|30 April 1978||People's Democratic Party __||||
|colspan="4" align=left|||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|**Nur Muhammad Taraki**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1917–1979|30 April 1978|14 September 1979||People's Democratic Party __||||
|colspan="4" align=left|||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|**Hafizullah Amin**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1929–1979|14 September 1979|27 December 1979||People's Democratic Party __||||
|colspan="4" align=left|||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|**Babrak Karmal**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1929–1996|27 December 1979|24 November 1986||People's Democratic Party __||||
|colspan="4" align=left|||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|**Haji Mohammad Chamkani**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1947–2012|24 November 1986|30 September 1987||Independent||||
|colspan="4" align=left|||||||||||||
|rowspan="3"|**Mohammad Najibullah**|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"|1947–1996|rowspan="2"|30 September 1987|rowspan="2"|16 April 1992|rowspan="2"||People's Democratic Party __|
|Homeland Party|||||||||||||
|colspan="4" align=left|||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|**Abdul Rahim Hatif**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1926–2013|16 April 1992|28 April 1992||Homeland Party||||
|colspan="4" align=left|||||||||||||
|colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey"|**Islamic State of Afghanistan (1992–2002)**||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|**Sibghatullah Mojaddedi**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1926–2019|28 April 1992|28 June 1992||National Liberation Front of Afghanistan||||
|colspan="4" align=left|||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|**Burhanuddin Rabbani**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1940–2011|28 June 1992|22 December 2001||Jamiat-e Islami||||
|colspan="4" align=left|||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|**Hamid Karzai**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|born 1957|22 December 2001|_13 July 2002_||Independent||||
|colspan="4" align=left|||||||||||||
|colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey"|**Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)**||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|Mullah **Mohammed Omar**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1960–2013|27 September 1996|13 November 2001||Taliban||||
|colspan="4" align=left|||||||||||||
|colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey"|**Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan (2002–2004)**||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|**Hamid Karzai**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|born 1957|_13 July 2002_|_7 December 2004_||Independent||||
|colspan="4" align=left|||||||||||||
|colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey"|**Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2021)**||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|**Hamid Karzai**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|born 1957|_7 December 2004_|29 September 2014||Independent||||
|colspan="4" align=left|||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|**Ashraf Ghani**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|born 1949|29 September 2014|15 August 2021||Independent||||
|colspan="4" align=left|||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|**Amrullah Saleh**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|born 1972|17 August 2021|6 September 2021||Independent||||
|colspan="4" align=left|||||||||||||
|colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey"|**Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2021–present)**||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|Mawlawi **Hibatullah Akhundzada**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|born 1961|15 August 2021|_Incumbent_||Taliban||||
|colspan="4" align=left|||||||||||||

## Other websites

- Presidency of Afghanistan - The official website of the Office of the President of Afghanistan.

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: President
- **body**: the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- **native name**: د افغانستان د اسلامي جمهوریت جمهور رئیس
 رئيس جمهور جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان
- **insignia**: Emblem of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg
- **insigniasize**: 125px
- **insigniacaption**: Emblem of Afghanistan, National emblem of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- **flag**: Standard of the President of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg
- **flagborder**: yes
- **flagcaption**: Flag of Afghanistan, Presidential Standard
- **status**: Office abolished
- **incumbentsince**: 15 August 2021
- **residence**: Arg (Kabul), The Arg, Kabul, Afghanistan (former)
- **termlength**: 5 years, renewable once
- **inaugural**: Mohammed Daoud Khan (Republic of Afghanistan, Republic)
 Hamid Karzai (Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Islamic Republic)
- **last**: Ashraf Ghani
- **formation**: 17 July 1973 (Republic)
 7 December 2004 (Islamic Republic)
- **abolished**: 15 August 2021 (Fall of Kabul (2021), Fall of Kabul)
6 September 2021 (official)
- **deputy**: Vice President of Afghanistan
- **salary**: List of salaries of heads of state and government, 960,000 AFN per month