list of leaders of afghanistan

List of the Heads of State of Afghanistan

Ashvagan

c1220 to mid-13thC ruled by Mongol Emperors
mid-13thC to 1404 divided between local Mongol leaders
1404 to 1507 within Timurid Empire
1507 to 1709 Iranian rule

The Afghan State in Qandahar

Iranian Rule

1729-1747

The Emirate of Afghanistan

Durrani Dynasty

Emir Ahmad Shah Durrani ('Babu') (October 1747-October 16 (23?) 1772) (died)
Emir Timur Shah Abdali (October 1772-1793)
Emir Zaman Mirza Shah Abdali (1793-1801) (deposed)
Emir Mahmud Shah (1801-1803) (deposed)
Emir Shoja Shah (1803-1809) (deposed)
Emir Mahmud Shah (1809-1818) (deposed & exiled)
Emir Sultan Ali Shah (1818-1819)
Emir Sultan Ayub Shah (1819-1823) (deposed)

Barakzai Dynasty

Emir Dost Mohammad Khan (1818-August 1839) (fled)

Durrani Dynasty (restored)

Emir Shoja Shah (1839-early 1843) (assassinated)

Barakzai Dynasty (restored)

Akbar Khan (led resistance 1839-1842)
Emir Dost Mohammad Khan (1843-June 9 1863)
Emir Shir Ali Khan (June 1863-February 21 1879)
Mohammad Uzful Khan (in revolt 1866)
Mohammad Azim Khan (controlled much of the country 1866-1869)
Emir Ya'qub Khan (February 1879-October 1879) (forced to abdicate)
Emir Abdur Rahman Khan (October 1879/July 22, 1880-October 3 1901)

Last Emirs

Nasrullah Khan (February 21, 1919 - February 28, 1919)
Amanullah Khan (February 28, 1919 - June 9, 1926)

The Kingdom of Afghanistan

The 1st Republic of Afghanistan

Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan (July 17, 1973 - April 27, 1978) (killed in coup d'tat) - president

Dictatorship

General Abdul Qadir (April 27, 1978 - April 30, 1978) - Chairman of The Military Council

The Communist State (Democratic Republic of Afghanistan)

Communist Presidents of The Revolutionary Council

Nur Mohammad Taraki (April 30, 1978 - September 16, 1979)
Hafizullah Amin (September 16, 1979 - December 27, 1979)
Babrak Karmal (December 27, 1979 - November 24, 1986) (also Party General Secretary December 27, 1979 - May 4, 1986)
Haji Mohammad Chamkani (November 24, 1986 - September 30, 1987)
Mohammad Najibullah (September 30, 1987 - November 30, 1987) (also Party General Secretary May 4, 1986 - June, 1990)

The 2nd Republic of Afghanistan

Presidents

Mohammad Najibullah (November 30, 1987 - April 16, 1992)
Abdul Rahim Hatef (April 16, 1992 - April 28, 1992)
Sibghatullah Mojadedi (April 28, 1992 - June 28, 1992)
Burhanuddin Rabbani (June 28, 1992 - September 27, 1996), continues to claim presidency in exile with international recognition, until 2001.

The Taliban State (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan)

Head of State

Mullah Mohammad Omar (September 27, 1996 - November 13, 2001), Spirtual leader of ruling Taliban

Heads of the Taliban Supreme Council

Mullah Mohammad Rabbani (September 27, 1996 - April 16, 2001)
Mawlawi Abdul Kabir (April 16, 2001 - November 13, 2001)

The 2nd Republic of Afghanistan (Restored)

President Burhanuddin Rabbani (November 13, 2001 to December 22, 2001), restored

Transitional State of Afghanistan

Hamid Karzai (December 22, 2001 to December 7, 2004) interim leader and chairman of the Afghan Transitional Authority

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

President

Hamid Karzai (December 7, 2004-) the duly-elected president

Prime Ministers of Afghanistan

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

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valign=top\|Prime ministers
small>25 October 1927 to January 1929	Sardar Shir Ahmad, Padshah-i Afghanistan
small>January 1929 to 1 November 1929	Shir Giyan, Padshah-i Afghanistan
small>14 November 1929 to 1937	Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan, Padshah-i Afghanistan
small>1937 to May 1946	Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan, De Afghanistan Bacha	Pashto made official language of Afghanistan
small>May 1946 to 7 September 1953	Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan
small>7 September 1953 to 10 March 1963	Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan
small>10 March 1963 to 2 November 1965	Mohammad Yusuf
small>2 November 1965 to 11 October 1967	'''Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal
small>11 October 1967 to 1 November 1967	Abdullah Yaqta, interim Prime Minister
small>1 November 1967 to 9 June 1971	Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi
small>9 June 1971 to 12 December 1972	Abdul Zahir
small>12 December 1972 to 17 July 1973	Mohammad Musa Shafiq
small>1 May 1978 to 27 March 1979	Nur Mohammad Taraki
small>27 March 1979 to 27 December 1979	Hafizullah Amin
small>27 December 1979 to 11 June 1981	Babrak Karmal
small>11 June 1981 to 26 May 1988	Sultan Ali Keshtmand	1st Term
small>26 May 1988 to 21 February 1989	Mohammad Hassan Sharq
small>21 February 1989 to 8 May 1990	Sultan Ali Keshtmand	2nd Term
small>8 May 1990 to 15 April 1992	Fazal Haq Khaliqyar
small>6 July 1992 to 15 August 1992	Abdul Sabur Farid Kuhestani
small>17 June 1993 to 28 June 1994	Gulbuddin Hekmatyar	1st Term
small>November 1994 to 1995	Arsala Rahmani, acting Prime Minister
small>1995 to 26 June 1996	Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai, acting Prime Minister
small>26 June 1996 to 27 September 1996	Gulbuddin Hekmatyar	2nd Term
small>27 September 1996 to 11 August 1997	Gulbuddin Hekmatyar	Under Burhanuddin Rabbani
small>11 August 1997 to 21 August 1997	Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai	Under Burhanuddin Rabbani
small>August 1997 to 2001	Abdul Ghafoor Rawan Farhadi	Under Burhanuddin Rabbani