Cabinet of Afghanistan

The **Cabinet of Afghanistan** is the executive power of the government of Afghanistan. It is made of the heads of government ministries.

The Cabinet of prime minister Akhund is in power, as of 2023.

Amrullah Saleh is the leader of the "government in exile"; Afghanistan's embassy in Switzerland said that, and media told about that on September 30.

## Cabinet

Ministers of the Islamic Emirate are:

|Position|Name|Image|Status||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Prime minister|Akhund, Hasan||Time in power: [In 2023's third quarter, he came back to power.] He also was in power during September 2021 to [May 2023. Someone else had power during May–July 2023.] Akhund is acting or interim (primeminister). When he came to power, the Taliban were already in military control of most of the country; Hibatullah Akhundzada is still the chief of Taliban (as of 2021).||
|Interior minister|Haqqani, Sirajuddin||In September 2021, he became head of Ministry of Interior Affairs||
|Foreign minister|Muttaqi, Amir Khan||From September 2021; acting or interim.||
|Finance minister|Akhund, Nasir||In power, as of 2023's third quarter; head of ministry of finance.||
|Economy minister|Hanif, Din Mohammad||Since September 2021||
|Defense minister|Yaqoob, Mohammad||Since September 2021||
|Justice minister|Ishaqzai, Abdul Hakim|style="padding:0;"||Since September 2021|
|Minister of Commerce and Industry|Azizi, Nooruddin||Since 2021. His ethnicity is Tajik.||
|Information and culture minister|Khairkhwa, Khairullah|style="padding:0;"||Since September 2021|
|Education minister|Munir, Noorullah||Acting or interim, since August 2021||
|Higher education minister|Haqqani, Abdul Baqi||Acting or interim, since August 2021||
|Hajj or [pilgrimage] minister|Saqib, Noor Mohammad||Since September 2021||
|Border and tribal affairs minister|Noori, Norullah|style="padding:0;"||Since September 2021|
|Rural rehabilitation and development minister|Akhundzada, Mohammad Younus||Since September 2021||
|Public works minister|Omari, Abdul Manan||Since September 2021||
|Mines and petroleum Minister|Akhund, Mohammad Isa||Since September 2021||
|Water and energy minister|Mansoor, Abdul Latif||Since September 2021||
|Aviation and transport minister|Akhundzada, Hamidullah||Since September 2021||
|Telecommunication minister|Haqqani, Najibullah||Since September 2021||
|Refugees minister|Haqqani, Khalil||Since September 2021||
|Religious observances minister (or _minister for the propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice_)|Khalid, Sheikh Mohammad||Since September 2021||
|Agriculture, irrigation and livestock minister|Rashid, Abdul Rahman|style="padding:0;"||Since 2021|
|Public health minister|||Ibad, Qalandar (as of 2021's third quarter)||

### Deputy ministers and directors are

|Position|Name|Image|Status||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Deputy prime minister|Baradar, Abdul Ghani|style="padding:0;"||From September 7, 2021; acting or interim. He "has [...] gone missing", said journalist Emma Graham-Harrison on September 14.|
|[Second] deputy prime minister|Hanafi, Abdul Salam|style="padding:0;"||From September 7, 2021; acting or interim.|
|Chief of intelligence|Wasiq, Abdul Haq|style="padding:0;"||From 2021; acting or interim.|
|Deputy minister of  defense|"Zakir", Abdul Qayyum||From September 2021; acting or interim||
|Deputy minister of  information and culture|Mujahid, Zabiullah||From September 2021; acting or interim|-->|

As of [the third quarter of] 2021, the Taliban government does not have "formal recognition by the majority of [countries in the world, or] the international community".

Women can not be a part of the Cabinet, the Taliban said in early September.

### Former ministers

Ministers of the Islamic Emirate who have quit or who changed job in the Cabinet of Afghanistan, are:
|Position|Name|Image|Status|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Prime minister (acting)|Kabir, Abdul||Time in power: May–July 2023|
|Finance minister|Badri, Hidayatullah||Came to power: September 2021|
|Finance minister|Gul Agha Ishakzai||From August [to September] 2021|
|Defense minister|Abdul Qayyum "Zakir"||From August [to September] 2021; acting or interim|
|Education minister|Hemat Akhundzada||From August [to September] 2021|
|Interior minister|Ibrahim Sadr||From August [to September] 2021|
|Public health minister|Wahid Majrooh||Time in power ended September 2021; Earlier in September 2021, he was the only minister from the government of prime minister Ghani, that still showed up at work in Kabul. He became acting (or interim) minister in January 2021.|

## Cabinet of Ashraf Ghani

In August 2021 the Cabinet of Ashraf Ghani lost power over most of the country, and president Ghani escaped from Afghanistan on 15 August 2021.

As of 17 August 2021, Amrullah Saleh has the highest position of elected politicians that had not resigned or escaped from the country.

||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|President|Ashraf Ghani|style="padding:0;"||In August 2021 he escaped from Afghanistan, during the Fall of Kabul. He is no longer a part of the politics of Afghanistan; media said that on September 30.|
|Vice president|Amrullah Saleh|style="padding:0;"||In February 2020 he started as vice president.|
|Second Vice President|Sarwar Danish|style="padding:0;"|||
|Foreign minister|Mohammad Hanif Atmar|style="padding:0;"||Time in power: from April 2020; he escaped from Afghanistan, in August 2021.|
|Defense minister|Bismillah Khan Mohammadi|style="padding:0;"||In June 2021 he started as defense minister.(acting or interim)|
|Interior minister|Abdul Sattar Mirzakwal||From 19 June 2021 to 15 August 2021||
|Finance minister|Khalid Painda||From January 2021 - August 2021||
|Attorney General|Farid Hamidi||2016–2021||
|Education minister|Rangina Hamidi||Time in power: from 2020||

The Cabinet of Afghanistan was made of the heads of all the government ministries.

### Earlier ministers of the Ashraf Ghani cabinet

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|First Vice President|Abdul Rashid Dostum|style="padding:0;"||Time in power: 2014–2020|
|Chief Executive Officer|Abdullah Abdullah|style="padding:0;"||2014–2020|
|First Deputy Chief Executive Officer|Mohammad Khan||2014–2020||
|Second Deputy Chief Executive Officer|Mohammad Mohaqiq||2014–2020||
|Foreign minister|Atiqullah Atifmal|style="padding:0;"||December 2014 – February 2015 (acting or interim)|
|Foreign minister|Salahuddin Rabbani|style="padding:0;"||2015–2019|
|Foreign minister|Idrees Zaman||2019–January 2020 (acting or interim)||
|Foreign minister|Mohammad Haroon Chakhansuri||January 2020–April 2020 (acting or interim)||
|Defense minister|Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai|style="padding:0;"||until June 2016 (acting or interim)|
|Defense minister|Abdullah Habibi|style="padding:0;"||2016–2017|
|Defense minister|Tariq Shah Bahramee|style="padding:0;"||2017–2018|
|Defense minister|Asadullah Khalid|style="padding:0;"||2018 until June 2021|
|Interior minister|Mohammad Ayub Salangi|style="padding:0;"||December 2014 - January 2015|
|Interior minister|Nur ul-Haq Ulumi|style="padding:0;"||2015 — 2016|
|Interior minister|Taj Mohammad Jahid|style="padding:0;"|120px|2016 — 2017|
|Interior minister|Wais Barmak||2017–2018||
|Interior minister|Amrullah Saleh|style="padding:0;"||December 2018 — January 2019|
|Interior minister|Masoud Andrabi||January 2019 — March 2021||
|Interior minister|Hayatullah Hayat|style="padding:0;"|120px|March 2021 — June 2021|

- Finance minister:
    - Omar Zakhilwal, until February 2015
    - Eklil Ahmad Hakimi, February 2015 – March 2018|
    - Mohammad Qayoumi, April 2018 – March 2020
    - Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal, March 2020 – January 2021
- Mines minister
    - Nargis Nehan, acting or interim (2017–2020)

The Cabinet of  Hamid Karzai, was the cabinet before the Ashraf Ghani cabinet.

## Related pages

- Government of Afghanistan (disambiguation)