Prime Minister of Afghanistan

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Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox official post Template:Politics of Afghanistan The prime minister of Afghanistan, officially the prime minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,Template:NoteTag is the head of government of Afghanistan.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The position was created in 1927 as an official appointed by the king of Afghanistan. The holder served mostly as an advisor, until the end of the Kingdom of Afghanistan in 1973. During the 1980s, the position was the head of government. The post was abolished after the US invasion that ousted the Taliban regime, after which a presidential form of government was established which lasted from 2004 to 2021. After the US withdrawal and the re-establishment of the Taliban rule, the post was revived.

The prime minister and government are subject to the instruction of the supreme leader.<ref name="VoA March 2023">Template:Cite news</ref> On September 7, 2021 the Taliban officials who exercised de facto control of Afghanistan announced Islamic scholar Hasan Akhund as acting prime minister in a new interim government of the recently re-established Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.<ref name="BBC_Taliban_Cabinet_2.0rc1">Template:Cite news</ref> On August 15, 2025 Akhund and other members of his cabinet were appointed on a permanent rather than acting basis.<ref name="Akhund permanent1">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Akhund permanent2">Template:Cite news</ref>

History

Kingdom

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The chairman of the Council of Ministers was not the prime minister, but the king. Only during his absence was the prime minister the acting chairman of the Council.

Until 1963, King Mohammad Zahir Shah appointed his relatives as prime ministers. The king also had the power to dismiss or transfer the prime minister. From 1963 onwards, this was changed, stating that the head of the Afghan government was the prime minister, and that the government consisted of its ministers. It was the first time that the king did not play an important role in the government, leaving it to an elected authority. However, it also stated that they cannot engage in any other profession during their tenure of office.

The 1964 Constitution also granted the prime minister the power to summon the Electoral College in case of the death of the king. The prime minister only answered to the Wolesi Jirga (lower house of the Parliament) about the General Policy of the government, and individually for their prescribed duties.<ref name=cs>Template:Country study</ref>

Democratic Republic

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} In April 1978, Mohammad Daoud Khan was killed during a coup that started the Saur Revolution. The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) revived the office of prime minister that year, and it remained throughout the 1980s.

The president was in charge of the appointment of the prime minister, who in turn appointed the Council of Ministers. The Council's stated purpose was to formulate and implement domestic and foreign policies, to formulate economic development plans and state budgets, and to ensure public order.

Under the 1987 Constitution, the president was required to appoint the prime minister in order to form the government. The prime minister had the power to dissolve the government. Several Afghan presidents during the Democratic Republic era were also appointed as prime minister. With the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the prime minister was no longer in charge of the government. The general secretary of the PDPA or the director of the KHAD exercised greater power.

Also, the 1990 Constitution established that only Afghan-born citizens are eligible to hold the office, something that was not specified in the previous documents.

Islamic State

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} After the collapse of Mohammad Najibullah's government, a transitional state was created. Thus, the office of prime minister once again played an important role in the history of the nation.

There was constant friction between the president and the premier during this period. The state had collapsed and there was not an effective central government from 1992 until 1996. Thus, the position became de facto ceremonial, with little power in what was left of the government.

Islamic Emirate

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The title was abolished when the Taliban forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan took over control in 1996. The deputy leader of the Taliban was often known as the prime minister throughout its rule. With the death of Mohammad Rabbani in 2001,<ref name=nytimes01>Template:Cite news</ref> the Taliban decided not to revive the office.

Until September 1997, the government which the Taliban had ousted, which remained in rebellion until the end of the Taliban rule in 2001, had a prime minister in the government, but the position was abolished.

On September 7, 2021, the Taliban reinstated the position of prime minister with the formation of a new interim government.<ref name="BBC_Taliban_Cabinet_2.0rc1" />

List of prime ministers

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Name Portrait Lifespan Term of office Political affiliation
Took office Left office Time in office
Kingdom of Afghanistan (1926–1973)
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Shir Ahmad File:No image.svg Template:Circa–? 25 October 1927 January 1929 Template:Age in years and months Independent
Template:Small
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Shir Giyan{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst $B=

Template:Fix }}

File:No image.svg died 1929 January 1929 1 November 1929 Template:Age in years and months Saqqawist
Template:Small
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Mohammad Hashim Khan File:Mohammad Hashim Khan - NAC - PIC 1-E-222.jpg 1884–1953 1 November 1929 9 May 1946 Template:Ayd Independent
Template:Small
Amanat Lewana File:No image.svg Unknown Template:Circa Template:Circa Template:Circa Unknown
Template:Small
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Shah Mahmud Khan File:Sardar shahvali khan.png 1890–1959 9 May 1946 citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

Template:Ayd Independent
Template:Small
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Mohammad Daoud Khan File:Prime Minister Mohammad Daoud Khan.jpg 1909–1978 7 September 1953 10 March 1963 Template:Ayd Independent
Template:Small
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Mohammad Yusuf File:No image.svg 1917–1998 10 March 1963 2 November 1965 Template:Ayd Independent
Template:Small
rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Party color" | Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal File:Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal (cropped).jpg 1919–1973 2 November 1965 11 October 1967 Template:Ayd Independent
Template:Small
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Progressive Democratic Party
Template:Small
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Abdullah Yaqta File:No image.svg 1914–2003 11 October 1967 1 November 1967 Template:Ayd Independent
Template:Small
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi File:No image.svg 1921–1979 1 November 1967 9 June 1971 Template:Ayd Independent
Template:Small
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Abdul Zahir File:Abdul Zahir White House.png 1910–1982 9 June 1971 12 November 1972 Template:Ayd Independent
Template:Small
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Mohammad Musa Shafiq File:No image.svg 1932–1979 12 November 1972 17 July 1973 Template:Ayd Independent
Template:Small
Post abolished (17 July 1973 – 1 May 1978)
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1992)
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Nur Muhammad Taraki File:Nur Muhammad Taraki.png 1917–1979 1 May 1978 27 March 1979 Template:Ayd People's Democratic Party
Template:Small
Template:Small
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Hafizullah Amin File:Hafizullah Amin.jpg 1929–1979 27 March 1979 27 December 1979 Template:Ayd People's Democratic Party
Template:Small
Template:Small
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Babrak Karmal File:Babrak Karmal January 1980 (cropped).jpg 1929–1996 27 December 1979 11 June 1981 Template:Ayd People's Democratic Party
Template:Small
Template:Small
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Sultan Ali Keshtmand File:No image.svg born 1935 11 June 1981 26 May 1988 Template:Ayd People's Democratic Party
Template:Small
Template:Small
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Mohammad Hasan Sharq File:No image.svg born 1925 26 May 1988 21 February 1989 Template:Ayd Independent
Template:Small
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Sultan Ali Keshtmand File:No image.svg born 1935 21 February 1989 8 May 1990 Template:Ayd People's Democratic Party
Template:Small
Template:Small
rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color" | Fazal Haq Khaliqyar File:No image.svg 1934–2004 8 May 1990 15 April 1992 Template:Ayd People's Democratic Party
Template:Small
Template:Small
Homeland Party
Template:Small
Islamic State of Afghanistan (1992–2002)
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Abdul Sabur Farid Kohistani File:No image.svg 1952–2007 6 July 1992 15 August 1992 Template:Ayd Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin
Template:Small
Post vacant (15 August 1992 – 17 June 1993)
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Gulbuddin Hekmatyar File:Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, BBC Persian - Sep 28, 2019.jpg born 1947 17 June 1993 28 June 1994 Template:Ayd Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin
Template:Small
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Arsala Rahmani Daulat File:No image.svg 1937–2012 28 June 1994 1995 ≈ 1 year Ittehad-e Islami
Template:Small
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai File:No image.svg 1944–2021 1995 26 June 1996 ≈ 1 year Ittehad-e Islami
Template:Small
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Gulbuddin Hekmatyar File:Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, BBC Persian - Sep 28, 2019.jpg born 1947 26 June 1996 11 August 1997 Template:Ayd Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin
Template:Small
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai File:No image.svg 1947–1997 11 August 1997 21 August 1997 Template:Ayd Independent
Template:Small
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Mullah
Mohammad Rabbani 		File:No image.svg 1955–2001 27 September 1996 13 April 2001 Template:Ayd Taliban
Template:Small
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Mawlawi
Abdul Kabir 		File:Abdul Kabir 2021.jpg born 1958 16 April 2001 13 November 2001 Template:Ayd Taliban
Template:Small
Post abolished (13 November 2001 – 7 September 2021)
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2021–present)
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Mullah
Hasan Akhund 		File:Hasan Akhund.png between 1945 and 1958<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

7 September 2021 Incumbent Template:Ayd Taliban
Template:Small
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Mawlawi
Abdul Kabir 		File:Abdul Kabir 2021.jpg born 1958 17 May 2023 17 July 2023 Template:Ayd Taliban
Template:Small

Timeline

This is a graphical lifespan timeline of the heads of government of Afghanistan. They are listed in order of first assuming office.

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 from: 07/09/2021 till: $today     color:taliban     text:"Hasan Akhund"

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The following chart lists heads of government by lifespan (living heads of government on the green line), with the years outside of their tenure in beige. Heads of government with an unknown birth date or death date are shown with only their tenure or their earlier or later life.

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   from:01/01/1963 till:16/04/2001 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:Abdul Kabir
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   from:16/04/2001 till:13/11/2001
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The following chart shows heads of government by their age (living heads of government in green), with the years of their tenure in blue. Heads of government with an unknown birth or death date are excluded. The vertical black line at 35 years indicates the minimum age to be chairman of the Council of Ministers during the existence of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

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 bar:Amin color:pres from:49.65 till:50.41

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 bar:Kabir color:pres from:60.38 till:60.54
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 at:35 width:1.5 color:black # Minimum age to be President

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See also

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