Prime Minister of Afghanistan

The **Prime Minister of Afghanistan** (, ) is a post within the cabinet of Afghanistan. It was created in 1927 and later abolished after the US invasion
.
After the Fall of Kabul, on September 7, 2021 the Taliban officials re-created the office.

## 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"|**Kingdom of Afghanistan (1926–1973)**||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|**Shir Ahmad**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|–?|25 October 1927|January 1929||Independent||||
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|rowspan="2"|**Shir Giyan**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|died 1929|January 1929|1 November 1929||Independent||||
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|rowspan="2"|**Mohammad Hashim Khan**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1884–1953|1 November 1929|9 May 1946||Independent||||
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|rowspan="2"|**Amanat Lewana**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Unknown||||Unknown||||
|colspan="4" align=left|||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|**Shah Mahmud Khan**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1890–1959|9 May 1946|7 September 1953||Independent||||
|colspan="4" align=left|||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|**Mohammed Daoud Khan**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1909–1978|7 September 1953|10 March 1963||Independent||||
|colspan="4" align=left|||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|**Mohammad Yusuf**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1917–1998|10 March 1963|2 November 1965||Independent||||
|colspan="4" align=left|||||||||||||
|rowspan="3"|**Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal**|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"|1919–1973|rowspan="2"|2 November 1965|rowspan="2"|11 October 1967|rowspan="2"||Independent|
|Progressive Democratic Party|||||||||||||
|colspan="4" align=left|||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|**Abdullah Yaqta**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1914–2003|11 October 1967|1 November 1967||Independent||||
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|rowspan="2"|**Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1921–1979|1 November 1967|9 June 1971||Independent||||
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|rowspan="2"|**Abdul Zahir**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1910–1982|9 June 1971|12 November 1972||Independent||||
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|rowspan="2"|**Mohammad Musa Shafiq**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1932–1979|12 November 1972|17 July 1973||Independent||||
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|colspan="8"|_Post abolished (17 July 1973–27 April 1978)_||||||||||||
|colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey"|**Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1992)**||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|**Nur Muhammad Taraki**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1917–1979|1 May 1978|27 March 1979||People's Democratic Party __||||
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|rowspan="2"|**Hafizullah Amin**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1929–1979|27 March 1979|27 December 1979||People's Democratic Party __||||
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|rowspan="2"|**Babrak Karmal**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1929–1996|27 December 1979|11 June 1981||People's Democratic Party __||||
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|rowspan="2"|**Sultan Ali Keshtmand**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|born 1935|11 June 1981|26 May 1988||People's Democratic Party __||||
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|rowspan="2"|**Mohammad Hasan Sharq**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|born 1925|26 May 1988|21 February 1989||Independent||||
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|rowspan="2"|**Sultan Ali Keshtmand**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|born 1935|21 February 1989|8 May 1990||People's Democratic Party __||||
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|rowspan="3"|**Fazal Haq Khaliqyar**|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"|1934–2004|rowspan="2"|8 May 1990|rowspan="2"|15 April 1992|rowspan="2"||People's Democratic Party __|
|Homeland Party|||||||||||||
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|colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey"|**Islamic State of Afghanistan (1992–2002)**||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|**Abdul Sabur Farid Kohistani**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1952–2007|6 July 1992|15 August 1992||Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin||||
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|colspan="8"|_Post vacant (15 August 1992–17 June 1993)_||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|**Gulbuddin Hekmatyar**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|born 1947|17 June 1993|28 June 1994||Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin||||
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|rowspan="2"|**Arsala Rahmani Daulat**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1937–2012|28 June 1994|1995|years|Ittehad-e Islami||||
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|rowspan="2"|**Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1944-2021|1995|26 June 1996|years|Ittehad-e Islami||||
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|rowspan="2"|**Gulbuddin Hekmatyar**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|born 1947|26 June 1996|11 August 1997||Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin||||
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|rowspan="2"|**Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1947–1997|11 August 1997|21 August 1997||Independent||||
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|colspan="8"|_Post vacant (21 August 1997–13 July 2002)_||||||||||||
|colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey"|**Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–present)**||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|Mullah **Mohammad Rabbani**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|1955–2001|27 September 1996|13 April 2001||Taliban||||
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|rowspan="2"|Mawlawi **Abdul Kabir**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|born 1958|16 April 2001|13 November 2001||Taliban||||
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|colspan="8"|_Post abolished (13 November 2001–7 September 2021)_||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|Mullah **Hasan Akhund**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|between 1945 and 1958|7 September 2021|17 May 2023||Taliban||||
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|rowspan="2"|Mawlawi **Abdul Kabir**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|born 1958|17 May 2023|17 July 2023||Taliban||||
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|rowspan="2"|Mullah **Hasan Akhund**|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|between 1945 and 1958|17 July 2023|_Incumbent_||Taliban||||
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## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: Prime Minister
- **body**: the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
- **insignia**: Arms of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.svg
- **insigniacaption**: Emblem of Afghanistan
- **flagborder**: yes
- **flagcaption**: Flag of Afghanistan
- **image**: Hasan Akhund.png
- **incumbent**: Hasan Akhund
- **incumbentsince**: 7 September 2021
- **acting**: y
- **department**: Government of Afghanistan
- **type**: Head of government
- **member of**: Cabinet of Afghanistan, Cabinet
- **reports to**: Government of Afghanistan#Leadership of the Islamic Emirate, Leadership
- **seat**: Kabul
- **appointer**: Supreme Leader of Afghanistan, Supreme Leader
- **termlength**: At His Majesty's pleasure, At the pleasure of the supreme leader
- **constituting instrument**: Politics of Afghanistan#Constitution, 1998 _dastur_
- **first**: Shir Ahmad
- **succession**: No (Deputy Leader of Afghanistan, Deputy Leader succeeds Supreme Leader)
- **deputy**: Deputy Prime Minister
- **salary**: monthly