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The Cabinet of Afghanistan is made of the heads of all the government ministries. The president selects the members of cabinet with the approval of the National Assembly of the country.
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Current cabinet of ministers
Main article: Second Karzai cabinet
After winning a second term, President Hamid Karzai nominated 23 ministers in December 2009 to be part of his new administration but only 7 were approved by the Afghan Parliament. All the other candidates that Karzai initially selected were rejected by members of the parliament.[1] Karzai presented a second list of 18 candidates to the Wolesi Jirga on 9 January 2010. A week later, the Wolesi Jirga again approved only seven of the candidates.[2] Since then, part of the ministry's have been governed by acting ministers who do not held approval of the Afghan legislature.
In June 2010, after the resignation of Interior Minister Hanif Atmar, President Karzai submitted 7 names for a third round of confirmation in the parliament. Five of them were approved by the Afghan Parliament, leaving only six of the 25 ministries left with an 'acting minister.' [3] In the line chart below is the list of members of the current Afghan Cabinet (2009–2014).[4]
| Portfolio | Name | Status |
|---|---|---|
| President | Hamid Karzai | Chosen by electorate |
| First Vice President | Mohammed Fahim | Chosen by electorate |
| Second Vice President | Karim Khalili | Chosen by electorate |
| Foreign Minister | Zalmai Rassoul | Approved by Parliament |
| Defense Minister | Abdul Rahim Wardak | Approved by Parliament |
| Interior Minister | Bismillah Khan Mohammadi | Approved by Parliament |
| Finance Minister | Omar Zakhilwal | Approved by Parliament |
| Economic Minister | Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal | Approved by Parliament |
| Justice Minister | Habibullah Ghaleb | Approved by Parliament |
| Information and Cultural Affairs Minister | Sayed Makhdum Rahin | Approved by Parliament |
| Education Minister | Ghulam Farooq Wardak | Approved by Parliament |
| Higher Education Minister | Dr. Obaidaullah Obaid | Approved by Parliament[5] |
| Trade and Commerce Minister | Anwar ul-Haq Ahady | Approved by Parliament |
| Water and Energy Minister | Ismail Khan | Approved by Parliament[5] |
| Transportation and Aviation Minister | Dawood Ali Najafi | Approved by Parliament[5] |
| Communications and Technology Minister | Amir Zai Sangin | Approved by Parliament[5] |
| Public Works Minister | Najibullah Ozhan | Approved by Parliament[5] |
| Women's Affairs Minister | Husn Bano Ghazanfar | Approved by Parliament[5] |
| Haj and Islamic Affairs Minister | Mohammad Yousuf Neyazi | Approved by Parliament |
| Public Welfare Minister | Sohrab Ali Saffari | Acting minister, not approved by Parliament |
| Public Health Minister | Soraya Dalil | Approved by Parliament[5] |
| Agriculture Minister | Mohammad Asef Rahimi | Approved by Parliament |
| Mines Minister | Waheedullah Sharani | Approved by Parliament |
| Telecommunications Minister | Amirzai Sangin | Acting minister, not approved by Parliament |
| Rural Rehabilitation and Development Minister | Wais Ahmad Barmak | Approved by Parliament[5] |
| Work, Social Affairs, Martyred and Disabled Minister | Amina Afzali | Approved by Parliament |
| Border Affairs and Tribal Affairs Minister | Arsala Jamal | Acting minister, not approved by Parliament |
| Urban Development Minister | Hasan Abdullahi | Approved by Parliament[5] |
| Counter Narcotics Minister | Zarar Ahmad Moqbel | Approved by Parliament |
| Refugees and Repatriation Minister | Abdul Rahim | Acting minister, not approved by Parliament |
Previous administrations
Main articles: First Karzai cabinet, Afghan Transitional Administration, and Afghan Interim Administration
Karzai administration 2004–2009
In the line chart below is the list of members of the Afghan Cabinet from 2004 to 2009.[6][7]
| Portfolio | Minister | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| President | Hamid Karzai | |
| First Vice President | Ahmad Zia Massoud | |
| Second Vice President | Karim Khalili | |
| Senior Minister | Hedayat Amin Arsala | Until 2005[8] |
| Foreign Minister | Abdullah Abdullah / Rangin Dadfar Spanta | Spanta assumed post in 2006[8] |
| Defense Minister | Abdul Rahim Wardak | |
| Interior Minister | Ali Ahmad Jalali / Mohamad Hanif Atmar | Ali Ahmad Jalali resigned on 27 September 2005.[9] |
| Finance Minister | Anwar ul-Haq Ahady / Omar Zakhilwal | In 2009 Omar Zakhilwal replaced Anwar ul-Haq Ahady[10] |
| Economic Minister | Mohammad Amin Farhang / Mohammad Jalil Shams | [8][11] |
| Justice Minister | Sarwar Danish | |
| Culture and Youth Affairs Minister | Sayed Makhdum Rahin Abdul Karim Khoram | [8][11] |
| Education Minister | Noor Mohammad Qarqeen / Mohamad Hanif Atmar / Ghulam Farooq Wardak | In 2006, Qarqeen switched to ministry of Social Affair. Between 2006 and 2008 Atmar was minister of Education before he switched to ministry of interior. Wardak assumed post in 2008.[8] |
| Higher Education Minister | Ameer Shah Hasanyaar / Mohammad Azam Dadfar | [9][11] |
| Commerce Minister | Mohammad Amin Farhang / Hedayat Amin Arsala | In 2005 Hedayat Amin Arsala became Commerce minister[8] |
| Water and Energy Minister | Ismial Khan | |
| Transportation and Aviation Minister | Enayatullah Qasemi / Hamidullah Farooqi | [8][11] |
| Women's Affairs Minister | Husn Bano Ghazanfar | |
| Haj and Islamic Affairs Minister | Nematullah Shahrani | |
| Public Welfare Minister | Sohrab Ali Saffari | |
| Public Health Minister | Mohammad Amin Fatemi | |
| Agriculture Minister | Obaidullah Ramin / Mohammad Asef Rahimi | [8][11] |
| Mines Minister | Ibrahim Adel | |
| Communications Minister | Amirzai Sangin | |
| Rural Rehabilitation and Development Minister | Mohamad Hanif Atmar / Ehsan Zia | When Mohamad Hanif Atmar in 2006 switched to the ministry of Education, Eshan Zia was his replacement[8] |
| Work, Social Affairs, Martyred and Disabled Minister | Sayed Ikramuddin Masoomi / Noor Mohammad Qarqeen | Qarqeen (till then minister of education) replaced Masoomi in 2006.[12] |
| Border Affairs and Tribal Affairs Minister | Abdul Karim Barahawi | |
| Urban Development Minister | Yousef Pashtun | |
| Counter Narcotics Minister | Habibullah Qaderi | |
| Refugees and Repatriation Minister | Sher Mohammad Etebari | |
| Attorney General | Mohammad Ishaq Aloko | |
| Afghan National Security Adviser | Zalmai Rassoul |
Afghan transitional administration
The Afghan Transitional Administration was the name of a temporary administration of Afghanistan put in place by the Bonn Conference of 2001.[13] Following the ouster of the Taliban regime approximately two dozen leading Afghans met in Germany to choose a leadership and set in place a timeline for the adoption of a new constitution for a new Afghan government, and the timeline for choosing an executive and legislature by democratic election.[13] In the chart below is the list of members of the Interim and Transitional Afghan authority (20 December 2001 – October 2004).
| Interim Authority Position |
Name | Ethnicity | Transitional Authority Position |
Name | Ethnicity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Hamid Karzai | Pashtun | President | Hamid Karzai | Pashtun |
| Vice-Chair | Hedayat Amin Arsala | Pashtun | Vice President | Hedayat Amin Arsala | Pashtun |
| Vice-Chair | Mohammed Fahim | Tajik | Vice President | Mohammed Fahim | Tajik |
| Vice–Chair and Women's Affairs | Sima Samar | Hazara | Vice President | Karim Khalili | Hazara |
| Vice-Chair | Mohammed Mohaqqeq | Hazara | Vice President | Abdul Qadir[disambiguation needed  ] |
Pashtun |
| Vice-Chair | Ahmed Shakar Karkar | Uzbek | |||
| Special Advisor on Security | Yunus Qanooni | Tajik | |||
| Defense Minister | Mohammed Fahim | Tajik | Defense Minister | Mohammed Fahim | Tajik |
| Foreign Minister | Abdullah Abdullah | Pashtun-Tajik | Foreign Minister | Abdullah Abdullah | Pashtun-Tajik |
| Finance Minister | Hedayat Amin Arsala | Pashtun | Finance Minister | Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai | Pashtun |
| Interior Minister | Yunus Qanooni | Tajik | Interior Minister | Taj Mohammed Wardak | Pashtun |
| Planning Minister | Mohammed Mohaqqeqk | Hazara | Planning Minister | Mohammed Mohaqqeqk | Hazara |
| Communications Minister | Abdul Rahim | Tajik | Communications Minister | Masoom Stanakzai | Pashtun |
| Borders Minister | Amanullah Zadran | Borders Minister | Arif Nurzai | Pashtun | |
| Refugees Minister | Intayatullah Nazeri | Tajik | Refugees Minister | Intayatullah Nazeri | Tajik |
| Small Industries Minister | Aref Noozari | Pashtun | Mines Minister | Juma M. Mahammadi | Pashtun |
| Mines and Industry Minister | Mohammed Alim Razm | Uzbek | Light Industries Minister | Mohammed Alim Razm | Uzbek |
| Health Minister | Suhaila Seddiqi | Pashtun | Health Minister | Suhaila Seddiqi | Pashtun |
| Commerce Minister | Sayed Mustafa Kasemi | Shia | Commerce Minister | Sayed Mustafa Kasemi | Shia |
| Agriculture Minister | Sayed Hussain Anwari | Hazara | Agriculture Minister | Sayed Hussain Anwari | Hazara |
| Justice Minister | Abbas Karimi | Uzbek | Justice Minister | Abbas Karimi | Uzbek |
| Information and Culture Minister | Saeed Makhdoom Rahim | Tajik | Information and Culture Minister | Saeed Makhdoom Rahim | Tajik |
| Reconstruction Minister | Mohammed Fahim Farhang | Pashtun | Reconstruction Minister | Mohammed Fahim Farhang | Pashtun |
| Haj and Mosques Minister | Mohammad Hanif Balkhi | Tajik | Haj and Mosques Minister | Mohammed Amin Naziryar | Pashtun |
| Urban Affairs Minister | Abdul Qadir[disambiguation needed ] |
Pashtun | Urban Affairs Minister | Yusuf Pashtun | Pashtun |
| Public Works Minister | Abdul Khalig Fazal | Pashtun | Public Works Minister | Abdul Qadir[disambiguation needed ] |
Pashtun |
| Social Affairs Minister | Noor Mohammed Karkin | Turkman | Social Affairs Minister | Noor Mohammad Qarqeen (resigned in September 2004 to serve as the Director of the electoral campaign of Hamid Karzai.[14] |
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| Water and Power Minister | Ahmed Shakar Karkar | Uzbek | Water and Power Minister | Ahmed Shakar Karkar | Uzbek |
| Irrigation Minister | Mangal Hussein | Pashtun | Irrigation & Environment Minister | Ahmed Yusuf Nuristani | Pashtun |
| Martyrs and Disabled Minister | Abdullah Wardak | Pashtun | Martyrs and Disabled Minister | Abdullah Wardak | Pashtun |
| Higher Education Minister | Sharif Faez | Tajik | Higher Education Minister | Sharif Faez | Tajik |
| Civil Aviation & Tourism Minister | Abdul Rahman | Civil Aviation & Tourism Minister | Mirwais Sadiq | Tajik | |
| Labor and Social Affairs | Mirwais Sadiq | Tajik | |||
| Transportation Minister | Sultan Hamid Hamid | Hazara | Transportation Minister | Saeed Mohammed Ali Jawad | Shia |
| Education Minister | Abdul Rassoul Amin | Education Minister | Yunus Qanooni | Tajik | |
| Rural Development Minister | Abdul Mailk Anwar | Tajik | Rural Development Minister | Mohamad Hanif Atmar | Pashtun |
| Supreme Court Chief Justice | Sheikh Hadi Shinwari | Pashtun |
References
- ^ Rubin, Alissa J. (4 January 2010). "Standoff Builds Over Afghan Cabinet". The New York Times (Afghanistan). http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/world/asia/05karzai.html. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ "Afghan parliament approves 7 new ministers". News.xinhuanet.com. 16 January 2010. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/16/content_12821148.htm. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ "Afghanistan Online: Cabinet of ministers". Afghan-web.com. http://www.afghan-web.com/politics/cabinet_members.html. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ "Members of President Hamid Karzai's Cabinet". Afghan-web.com. http://www.afghan-web.com/politics/cabinet_members.html. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Press release by the Government Media & Information Center of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, 6 March 2012, 11:10 h
- ^ "Afghanistan Online: Members of President Hamid Karzai's Cabinet". Afghan-web.com. http://www.afghan-web.com/politics/cabinet_members.html. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments CIA World Leaders, 30 March 2009
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Cabinet Biographies". Afghanembassyjp.com. http://www.afghanembassyjp.com/en/government/?pn=60. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ a b "Short Biographies of Afghanistan new Cabinet members". Mashreqi.net. http://www.mashreqi.net/html/kabinettmitglieder.htm#SocialLabor. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ Short biography of the Minister Professor Anwar-ul-Haq Ahadi
- ^ a b c d e "President Hamid Karzai's new cabinet". Institute-for-afghan-studies.org. http://www.institute-for-afghan-studies.org/Documents/1stCabinet.html. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ "Afghan Bios: Qarqeen". Afghan-bios.info. 16 January 2010. http://www.afghan-bios.info/tinc?key=2vB1wwzV&session_currentpage=index&session_mode=guest&formname=afghan_bios&session_searchcriteria=qarqeen&session_sortby=field_3&userid=1277990377;473762;788&session_nextpage=data_edit&session_offset=50&session_start=1&session_dbkey=1255199810;364933;774_afghan_bios&dbkey=1255199810;364933;774_afghan_bios. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ a b c Thomas H. Johnson (February 2006). "The Prospects for Post-Conflict Afghanistan: A Call of the Sirens to the Country’s Troubled Past". V. Strategic Insights. http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/si/2006/Feb/johnsonFeb06.asp. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ^ <http://www.maihan.info/bio/mohqarqeen.html Minister of Work, Social Affairs, Martyred, and Disabled: Noor Mohammad Qarqeen Biography> Short Biographies Of the new Cabinet members
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